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The
Integrated Studies Program (ISP)
offers a limited number of highly qualified,
self-directed students at CSUMB the opportunity to develop and pursue
an individualized, interdisciplinary major. Like the students in the
other majors at CSUMB, students who pursue an Integrated Studies Special
Major (ISSM) must demonstrate that they have achieved a series of
clearly defined major learning outcomes (competencies) in order to
graduate. However, in contrast to students in the other majors at
CSUMB, ISSM students must convincingly demonstrate that their academic
and career goals can only be achieved through combining the learning
outcomes, courses and other learning experiences offered by two or
more of the existing degree programs at CSUMB.
To pursue an ISSM, interested students must submit an application
to the Coordinator of the ISP Program, who determines whether or not
they meet the minimum requirements for pursuing an ISSM. Each student
whose application is accepted must develop both a Concentration Proposal
and a Learning Plan that combines learning outcomes and learning experiences
from two or more of the existing degree programs at CSUMB. In addition,
each student's Concentration Proposal and Learning Plan may include
a limited number of learning outcomes and learning experiences that
are unique to the student's individual academic and/or career goals.
All prospective ISSM students develop their Concentration Proposals
and Learning Plans in the Integrated Studies ProSeminar.
Each prospective ISSM student must obtain the support of at least
two full-time faculty members at CSUMB who are willing to advise the
student while they are enrolled in the program. These faculty members,
along with the Coordinator of the Integrated Studies Program, serve
as the student's faculty advisory committee. The members of this committee
must represent at least two of the major fields in the student's Concentration.
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