Successful completion of the Foundation Year requires you to:

• choose a three-member Faculty Advisory Board
• submit your program proposal to your Faculty Advisory Board for approval
• obtain approval for your program from the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
• register your approved program with the Registrar

II. Inquiry Period
During this phase (normally two academic years), you complete your general education requirements, and develop knowledge and skills identified in your program proposal. You may accomplish this through a combination of regular course work, independent study, off-campus study, fieldwork, internships, and/or research. Your advisors are also encouraged to provide written annual evaluations of your progress. At the end of this period, you should have acquired the essential "core" academic foundation to enter your Baccalaureate year.

III. Baccalaureate Year
This begins by filing a Program Summary of Final Major Course Requirements. During this period (normally one academic year), you undertake a major project, evaluate your overall program in writing, and complete your regular classroom course.

For the Baccalaureate Project you must integrate or exemplify the elements of your program in a meaningful, creative and productive way. Possible projects might be writing, directing and/or performing a play or musical composition, publishing a book of selected poetry and artwork, writing a scientific research report, designing and teaching a course, producing a documentary or instructional video, forming and managing a personal business, evaluating an intercultural study-abroad or internship experience, managing an art gallery, or writing a critical or theoretical essay. A written evaluation of your project and your entire program will be undertaken by the Faculty Advisory Board.

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