'09-'10 IIM Deadlines & Info Session
Submit complete IIM proposals (petition, proposal, letter of recommendation, and examples from comparable institutions) to Academic Services, Usdan 130 by:
Fall 2009 Deadline
October 5, 2009, 5 PM
Spring 2010 Deadline
March 15, 2010, 5 PM
Fall 2009 IIM Information Session
Wed, Sept 23, 5 PM
Academic Services Conference Room, Usdan 130
An Independent Interdisciplinary Major (IIM) offers students with interdisciplinary, intellectual interests the opportunity to design a course of study not available in the regular curriculum. Each IIM is designed around a topic, theme, issue, or set of questions that cannot be adequately addressed within the context and combination of existing majors or minors. The skills necessary to pursue an IIM include the ability to work independently, to analyze and synthesize materials from different disciplines, and to work one-on-one in sustained dialogue with a group of faculty advisors.
The following are some IIM titles that have been approved in the past:
Spring 2009
Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence Studies
Journalism and Media Studies
Urban Education
Cognitive Science
Fall 2008
Communication and Media Studies
Urban Studies
Mass Media and Communications
Theater and Social Change
Cognitive Science
Spring 2008
Communication and Media Studies
Religious Studies
Mass Media Studies
Forensic Psychology
Comparative Media Studies
Fall 2007
Visual Culture
Education and Child Studies
History of Ideas
Spring 2007
Visual Culture
Education and Society
Peace, Conflict, and Coexistence
Anthropology and Environment
Urban Studies
Fall 2006
Environmental Studies
Religious Studies
Spring 2006
Environment, Community and Development
Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies and Society
Sustainable Development
The Environment and Sustainable Development
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Fall 2009 IIM Information Session
Wed, Sept 23, 5 PM
Academic Services Conference Room, Usdan 130