IDEAS: The Interdisciplinary Major

IDEAS Toolbox

General IDEAS Handbook

This document contains all the policy and procedure details you’ll need to learn how to design and propose your IDEAS major.

Your Faculty Advisor

If you’re designing a general IDEAS plan, this person can be, but doesn’t have to be, your academic advisor. Review faculty profiles to find someone who’s working in your area of interest.

The Application

Use this template to prepare and submit your proposal.

Request for Course Substitution

Use this form to request a course substitution if you would like to make a modification to your approved IDEAS major curriculum, in accordance with the IDEAS Major Course Substitution policy found in the IDEAS Major Handbook.

NOTE: Course substitutions should be requested and approved in advance of enrolling in the course. Retroactive requests will not necessarily be approved.

Request for Culminating Engineering Design Experience Approval

Use this form to request approval for your Culminating Engineering Design Experience. This is typically a series of two courses taken in the senior year, often via independent study or design courses.

NOTE: To ensure that the experience is based on knowledge and skills acquired in earlier coursework, all Engineering Track core courses and at least two additional Track electives (Engineering and/or Open) should be completed before starting the design experience.

Students must submit a proposal describing their design experience no later than April 1st in the Spring semester of their junior year.

Pre-Approved IDEAS Templates

To select this option, download the pre-approved course plan and contact the faculty advisor listed. Then complete the other parts of the IDEAS application.