Application Materials and Deadlines
The online application consists of the following:
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A proposal (approximately 3 double-spaced pages) explaining what you want to do and why. You should:
--identify your key intellectual interests
--explain your reasons for designing the major
--explain why your interests cannot be accommodated by an established major
--sketch out some preliminary ideas regarding your senior thesis or capstone project. -
A spreadsheet of 11-14 primary courses, giving the institution, department, course number, credit value and term taken or planned, and another 3-5 alternate courses. Please see the template for reference. Please do not save this as a pdf! Your primary course list must include the following:
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at least seven Bi-College courses.
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one or two introductory-level (usually 100-level) courses
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least two intermediate (200-level) courses
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at least three advanced (300- or 400-level) usually taken within the Bi-Co
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a capstone thesis or project of one or two semesters (ordinarily numbered 403 within the department of your primary adviser).
- You should also includethree to five alternate courses, clearly labeled as alternates, in case planned courses are not available. Make sure you have alternates for both 200 and 300-level courses.
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- An annotated version of the list above that gives the course name and a brief explanation of how that course fits into your major.
- If applicable, an explanation of how you will combine your independent major with other academic commitments (a second major, a minor, pre-health, study abroad, etc).
- Faculty adviser evaluations, submitted online. Please make sure your advisers have a copy of all your application materials. You should provide them with a link to the online form.
Deadlines:
- the Friday before spring break of the Sophomore year (March 8th, 2024).
- the Friday of the fourth week of classes in the fall of your junior year (for 2023, this will be September 29).
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