in oecd countries there is a trend to move away from compulsory towards elective courses which are open for students from different faculties and schools this approach facilitates the formation of teams of students with different backgrounds and interests interdisciplinary team efforts allow individuals to concentrate on what they know and like best and at the same time become familiar with new knowledge that can be associated in a new way of solving a problem or creating a new product or service to what extent these courses use creative teaching methods and are tailored to the needs of the undergraduate graduate and postgraduate students is not clear