Schedules(Major designed by student)
Curricular Guidelines
Each student seeking approval for an interdisciplinary major will need at least two faculty sponsors, chosen from different academic disciplines. One of these sponsors must serve as the student's primary academic advisor.
The two faculty sponsors and the Director for the Interdisciplinary Major would constitute the student's advisory committee and recommend approval of the student's program to the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee.
The interdisciplinary major will be a comprehensive major, with no minor requirements. For a B.S. degree, this means a minimum of 60 hours of course work applied to the major. For a B.A. degree, this means a minimum of 48 hours of course work and 12 hours of foreign language.
Core courses can be included as part of the major if there is a solid justification for doing so. The number of allowable courses will follow general university guidelines.
Students declaring their intentions to complete an interdisciplinary major must apply no later than the first semester of the junior year. The proposed Interdisciplinary Major must be substantially different than existing majors as described in the AU catalog. At the time of approval, no more than 2/3 of the courses already completed or currently enrolled in may be credited toward the major. In other words, in a B.S. program only 40 hours can be credited toward the major at the time of approval; at least 20 hours would need to be completed after the major is approved.
Applications for the interdisciplinary major may be made by completing the
proposal form (doc).
For additional information about this option to design your own major contact klittle@ashland.edu.