How to participate

While all students must meet the College’s General Education and other degree requirements for a B.A. or B.S., Venture into the Adventure allows you to chart your own course of exploration.

To create your major, you must develop a concept focused on a problem or area of investigation of special interest to you, design a curriculum outline and submit your plan to the appropriate dean for review.

Utilizing college faculty and resources, you will design your own curriculum plan to investigate a topic, theme, issue, or set of questions that cannot be adequately addressed within the context of existing majors or minors. 

Your faculty sponsors are there to guide you as you establish your own learning outcomes and select relevant and appropriate course work and other academic activities (independent research, fieldwork, study abroad) to meet these goals.

Students will also complete a senior research project to serve as the capstone for the self-designed major.  Typically the senior research component will be conducted over two semesters (e.g., first semester:  hypothesis, literature search, preliminary research; second semester:  final project and presentation).