学生设计的跨部门专业

A student-designed major crosses the traditional divisions of academic study by including courses in two or more departments, being unified by a methodology and culminating in a project that integrates the student's previous coursework.

集成项目可能是 特殊的研究 that results in an essay or other project, or a senior seminar paper or project. You should discuss the integrating project with your advisers.

Applications for majors may be submitted no earlier than the first semester of the sophomore year and no later than the second semester of the junior year. 

规划你的专业

Your first step is to consult widely among faculty in the field in which you are interested and to speak to your dean.

Remember that in planning a cohesive and persuasive proposal:

  • 学习的广度和深度同样重要
  • narrowly defined majors in very specific areas of expertise will not be approved
  • majors that appear to be designed entirely to avoid departmental requirements are not approved

If your proposed self-designed major can be accommodated by coursework in two majors, or by combining a major with a minor or a certificate, 它不会被批准的.


 

需求

澳门葡京博彩软件的专业要求10到14门课程.

你的计划应该包括:

  • 40–48 credits in related courses in two or more departments or 程序s, 至少有一所提供专业
  • 在200级或更高的水平至少有24个学分
  • courses that ensure an in-depth knowledge of the methodology of at least one discipline, 比如座谈会和方法课程
  • a minimum of 8 credits at the 300 level (one of these may be the integrating project)

The rule that you must earn 64 credits outside your major also applies to a student-designed major.

应用 & 顾问

Begin the process by speaking to your potential advisers and then scheduling an appointment with the Chair of the Subcommittee on 荣誉 and Independent 项目 (SHIP).

只要你和SHIP的主席见过面, follow the steps below to get your application considered by the subcommittee:

  1. 请填写 Application and Academic Plan for a 学生设计的跨部门专业. Your academic plan will show all the courses you will take inside and outside your proposed major by semester and year, 四年来. Follow the steps outlined on the first tab of the document to properly fill out your academic plan and the rest of your application. Your application will require getting the signatures from your advisers and the chairs of the departments in which they teach. 两位主席必须签署并批准这项计划. 

 

  1. 解释你申请专业的基本原理 (500 - 1000字). 明确定义问题, 主题, or method of approach that underlies the proposed major. Be sure to explain why your proposed major cannot be accomplished effectively through an existing major, 程序, 或者大调和小调的组合.

 

  1. 列出拟修专业的课程 with an explanation of how each course relates to your overall plan of the major. If you are including special studies courses, provide the title(s) and proposed instructor(s). All proposed majors require a capstone project such as a senior seminar paper (offered in one of the departments that supports your student-designed major), 一篇荣誉论文, 或者特殊研究.

 

  1. Obtain two endorsement letters from your faculty advisers. At least one adviser must be a tenured member of the faculty and at least one department or 程序 must itself offer a major. One of the advisers must be designated as the primary adviser. Each adviser should write a letter in support of the student-designed major topic and your capacity to undertake the plan of study delineated in the application.

 

  1. 提交申请. Email your application, academic plan, and supporting documents to ship@4dian8.com. Endorsement letters from your faculty advisers should also be emailed to this address.

The deadlines for consideration of student-designed majors are October 12, February 1 and March 15. If any of these deadlines falls on a weekend day (Saturday or Sunday) the due date will be on that Monday.  SHIP will inform you of its decision before course registration for the following semester.

If you miss one of the due dates, your proposal will be considered after the next due date. SHIP will review your application and notify you of its decision by email before registration for the following semester.

顾问

You need two advisers, one from each of the departments or 程序s. One of these advisers should be designated as the primary adviser.

 


 

荣誉

You may apply for honors within your student-designed major. 同样的截止日期适用于部门荣誉. Your primary adviser acts as the director of honors and determines the relative pecentages for your thesis project, your oral exam and your GPA in the final determination of honors. (These percentages will be listed on your honors application.)

The thesis adviser may be one of your major advisers or another faculty member from one of your major departments. 其中一名顾问必须是澳门葡京博彩软件的教员, the other may have an appointment at one of the Five Colleges. 更多信息见部门荣誉.

课程计划更改

Once your interdepartmental major has been approved, you must inform the 大班主任 of any later revisions of your course plan after you have consulted with your advisers and they have approved the change.

更多的信息

如果你有问题，请问 大班主任.