Special Departmental Major

In special cases, a department or program may recommend to the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing that a student be awarded from four to six course credits for a two-term senior essay or project. The request for such an arrangement, with supporting information, must come from the director of undergraduate studies as early as possible before the beginning of the student's next-to-last term of enrollment. A student in the Special Departmental Major must, in addition to the senior project, complete at least three regular term courses during the last two terms of enrollment. Students who are interested in pursuing a Special Departmental Major should consult the appropriate director of undergraduate studies.