Individually-Designed Concentration

Overview

Concentration Coordinator: Nita McKinley

This concentration is an individually-designed option for students who wish to create a program of study by combining selected courses from a range of possibilities within IAS and, potentially, from other undergraduate programs at UWT. Students are required to identify a central organizing theme for their concentration and design it under the guidance and supervision of an IAS faculty member and an IAS adviser.

In order to design their concentrations, students must do the following:

1. Identify the unifying interdisciplinary theme of the program.
2. Make a list of the courses taken or planned. This list should comprise 55 credits, all of which are related to the area of concentration.
3. Draft a statement that describes the proposed concentration and discusses the interrelationships among the courses chosen. Propose a brief, descriptive title for the concentration.
4. Submit the proposal to the Individually-Designed Concentration Committee for its approval at least three quarters prior to graduation.
5. Identify at least two faculty sponsors for the concentration. The faculty sponsors attest to the intellectual soundness of the proposal and agree to provide whatever guidance they and the student may jointly decide is needed. They may also suggest changes in the previously approved written proposal or list of courses.
6. Obtain final approval from an Individually-Designed Concentration adviser

Career Options

Graduates in this concentration pursue careers in a wide variety of areas such as business, government, the nonprofit world, health care and education where skills in research and critical thinking, as well as written and oral communication are prized. Students also pursue graduate study leading to careers in teaching, administration, social work and the law.

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