Every semester we offer a one-credit course, UNIV 2600 Individualized Study Across Academic Disciplines, that serves as a "gateway" to the individualized major program. It is designed to promote the skills you need to create your own interdisciplinary major and provide a venue in which you can prepare your application. The Gateway course is highly recommended and online. We meet for weekly sessions on WebEx designed to fit the diversity of students' schedules.  Each Gateway student has a Gateway Mentor (established IMJR student) to offer support throughout the application process.

Focusing on your own areas of interest, you will:

• Explore the different ways in which academic knowledge can be organized, such as the traditional categories of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities
• Identify the key features of the disciplines relevant to your major.
• Formulate strategies for integrating knowledge across disciplines.
• Develop a plan of study and statement of purpose.

All students intending to apply to the Individualized Major Program should first meet with an Individualized Major Program advisor prior to enrolling in this course. It is open by permission number only. Please contact us for more information.