Through the plan of study, it should be clear that the student is prepared to take all upper division courses.

Courses should be progressively more rigorous and complex (i.e.

A minimum of 10 units designated must be at the 200 course number level or above.

Language courses at the 100 level cannot be counted as part of the major.

A maximum of 4 units at the 100 course level can be counted toward the major.

A minimum of 12 units or a maximum of 15 units may be counted toward the IDM.

It is also expected that the student will meet frequently with both IDM faculty advisors, particularly as they approach the thesis.Īll IDMs will meet the following guidelines:

IDM students are required to meet once per academic year with the IDM director to ensure they are making adequate progress toward the degree.

IDM students may petition to have their associate advisor be a CC staff member in the event that staff member has content expertise related to the student's IDM topic.

IDM students may double major but are required to follow CC guidelines regarding double majoring, which include the following: the CEC must approve the option in no case may more than three courses within the two majors overlap the student must have one advisor in the traditional major and two in the IDM.

The registrar will designate courses on the student’s transcript that constitute the independently designed major.

Students must apply to the IDM no later than block 7 during their sophomore year.

All IDMs must be approved by the Curriculum Executive Committee.

It permits students working with a major advisor and associate advisor from different departments/programs to design special interdisciplinary concentrations according to particular interests and needs. The course of study within this major must be supported and approved by two faculty sponsors from two different departments/programs.

The independently designed major is fundamentally interdisciplinary. Students pursuing the independently designed major must have the independence to work outside the support and curricular framework ordinarily provided by established departments and programs. This option for a major requires considerable initiative and self-discipline from students who elect it. Students who wish to pursue a major other than an existing disciplinary or interdisciplinary major may propose an independently designed major (IDM).

Cannot transfer to idm