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The
Multidisciplinary Major:
Multidisciplinary
Studies Program
This program
allows students to design their own major or minor in a field
of study that lies outside the current discipline-based majors
or interdisciplinary concentrations described above. The Committee
on Interdisciplinary and Special Studies approves, monitors,
and administers all student-designed programs. These programs
of study are academically rigorous and depend on a combination
of significant student initiative and close interaction with
faculty advisors. Conceptualizing the major or minor is the
responsibility of the student and may, in some cases, be facilitated
by using a faculty-designed template.
Student-designed
Multidisciplinary Majors
A multidisciplinary
major requires 14 courses from at least three disciplines and
fall within the competence of the College faculty. The student
prepares a proposal showing a progression of study. The proposal
must include a statement of intellectual rationale for the proposed
field of study, an outline of courses already taken, and a plan
of proposed courses. Proposals are written in consultation with
the Director of CISS and two faculty sponsors based in departments
related to the proposed major. Faculty sponsors provide letters
of support assessing the program of study. If the plan is approved,
the faculty sponsors and the CISS Director will serve as an
advisory committee responsible for approving changes in the
major plan and giving guidance to the student undertaking the
program.
Student-designed
Multidisciplinary Minors
A multidisciplinary
minor requires 6 courses from at least three disciplines and
fall within the competence of the College faculty. Admission
to this program requires a proposal similar to that for the
multidisciplinary major. Students may design their minor from
scratch, or use a faculty-designed template as a basis for their
course work and study.
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