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Individualized Major Program

Office Hours | Calendar of Deadlines | Forms and Documents

The Individualized Major allows disciplined and self-motivated students to design unique majors of their choice with faculty supervision. It serves two groups of students:

• those who wish to major in traditional disciplines or interdisciplinary areas for which majors are not currently available at IUPUI
• those who wish to fashion unique and original interdisciplinary majors that reflect their individual experience, interests, and needs.

The Individualized Major provides a structure which allows students, in consultation with faculty members, to design majors that meet their own educational needs. Each major course of study varies in accord with the needs and interests of individual students. Students work closely with faculty advisors, and all Individualized Majors are overseen and approved by a faculty committee which ensures the integrity and rigor of each Individualized Major.

See the full description of The Individualized Major Program in the Online IUPUI Bulletin.

For further information and general advice, contact the School of Liberal Arts Miriam Z. Langsam Office of Student Affairs, Cavanaugh Hall 401, 274-0419, jamlmill@iupui.edu.

For detailed information and to pursue an Individualized Major, contact the Director of the Individualized Major Program:

Dr. Robert F. Sutton, Jr.
Professor of Classical Studies
Department of World Languages & Cultures

Office: Cavanaugh 545
Telephone: 274-2497

E-mail: rfsutton@iupui.edu

Note: Much of the Program's business is conducted by e-mail.

Office hours:

Tuesday 10:00-11:00; 1:30-5:00
Wednesday 12-3
Thursday 10:00-11:00; 1:30-5:00
By appointment - Walk-ins during regular office hours are always welcome, but it is better to secure an appointment.

Calendar of Deadlines

Normal due dates

I 360 Major Proposals: 9^th week of classes
I 460 Capstone Projects (scheduled individually at time of registration)

Submission:

12^th week of classes (2 semester courses)
13^th week of classes (1 semester projects)

Presentation and defense: 

Last week of classes

Calendar for 2006-2007

Semester I

Pre-graduation Audit

By August 29 students intending to graduate December 2006 must arrange an audit with their Advisor, Professor Sutton, and SLA Registrar Sherry Kendall.

I 360 major proposals:

• Friday October 20
  Submit final version proposal online to Professor Sutton.  Sloane Thompson should review a draft at least one week in advance, and the advisor should approve the final version before submission to Professor Sutton.

Registration for Spring 2007

• October 24 - November 3
  Students planning to register for I460 Capstone must submit brief proposal (1-2 pages, plus bibliography and other supporting documents, as relevant) to advisor and committee before registering.  The proposal will be approved by a committee of three faculty members, and advisor plus two readers, who agree to oversee and grade the project.  A date for submission and the final presentation and defense will normally be scheduled at this time.

Pre-graduation Audit

By November 15 students intending to graduate May and August 2007 must arrange an audit with their Advisor, Professor Sutton, and SLA Registrar Sherry Kendall.

I 460 Capstone projects in progress

• November 17
  Submit online to committee members and Professor Sutton.
• December 1, 1 pm:  Haley Billington presentation & defense

Semester II
(see above for Registration and Audit)

I 360 major proposals

• Friday March  9
  Submit online to Professor Sutton. Sloane Thompson should review a draft at least one week in advance, and the advisor should approve the final version before submission to Prof. Sutton.

Registration for Summer and Fall 2007

• March 20-30
  Students planning to register for I460 Capstone must submit brief proposal (1-2 pages, plus bibliography and other supporting documents, as relevant) to advisor and committee before registering.  The proposal will be approved by a committee of three faculty members, and advisor plus two readers, who agree to oversee and grade the project.  A date for submission and the final presentation and defense will normally be scheduled at this time.

Only in exceptional cases will students be allowed to register for I460 during the summer. 

I 460 Capstone projects

Submit hard copy to advisor and online to Professor Sutton

• Friday, April 6 (2 semester projects and Incompletes)
• Friday April 13 (1 semester projects)
• April 23-30 Presentation & defense scheduled individually at time of registration

Pre-graduation Audit

By August 1 students intending to graduate December 2007 must arrange an audit with their Advisor, Professor Sutton, and SLA Registrar Sherry Kendall.

Forms and Documents

For students and prospective students, including current calendar of deadlines:

• Individual Major Program Handout
• Individual Major Program Checklist
• Individual Major Program Supervisor Agreement
• Individual Major Program Proposal Form
• Individual Major Program Calendar

Sample Proposal Narratives

• Classical Civilizations (Linda Trevino, '04)
• Latin American and Latino Studies (Leo Dawson)
• Women's Studies (Jennifer Apple '06)
• International Health and Culture Studies (Haley Billington)

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