E. Workplace Experience. To develop her understanding of the workplace and the connection between a liberal arts education and the world of work, each student will participate in at least one workplace experience. This requirement can be satisfied through an internship, a research project done in collaboration with a faculty member, a teaching assistantship, or practice teaching, a seminar on work-related issues connected to part-time work, or regular courses that have work related experience in them. (EDU 199: Wesleyan Volunteers for Literacy does not fulfill the general education workplace experience requirement.) The workplace component can serve as a part of the major or as an elective. F. The Integrative Experience. In the major each student enhances her capacity for integrative thinking through an interdisciplinary experience that encourages her to make connections among the various parts of her course of study and between her academic learning and the world outside the classroom.
III. The student must complete the number of hours and the designated courses required for the major selected including an interdisciplinary integrative experience. The Academic Major. The major is a set of courses and experiences that provides the student with an in-depth study of a discipline or an approved combination of disciplines. It familiarizes students with the methodology of and the current discourse in the field of study. The major consists of introductory courses that provide a broad foundation in the field of study, intermediate courses that provide depth of knowledge, and a capstone experience that integrates the course work of the major. Study in the major enhances the student’s ability to analyze information and synthesize increasingly complex ideas. In the major each student enhances her capacity for integrative thinking through an interdisciplinary experience that encourages her to make connections among the various parts of her course of study and between her academic learning and the world outside the classroom. A student may declare her major in the first semester of her first year; the decision must be made by the end of the sophomore year. A senior must complete all requirements in her major program that are in effect at the time her declaration of major form is submitted to the Office of Records and Registration. All major programs consist of at least 27 semester hours. Not more than 48 semester hours in any one discipline may be offered for graduation. Courses submitted to meet the major requirements may or may not include courses in the lower division according to the decision of the department concerned. A student must maintain an average of at least “C� (minimum 2.00) in the major discipline and must take at least one course in the major during the senior year. Additionally, grades earned in transferred courses that are part of the major are not calculated in the minimum 2.00 grade point average that is required in the major for graduation. The following majors and programs are offered: Accounting Advertising and Marketing Communication Applied Mathematical Science Art History Studio Art Biology Business Administration Chemistry Communication Dual-Degree Engineering Early Childhood Education Economics Educational Studies English Environmental Studies French History Human Services
International Business International Relations Mathematics Music Music Track (non-performance based) Organ Track Piano Track Voice Track Neuroscience Philosophy Political Science Psychology Religious Studies Self-Designed Interdisciplinary Major* Spanish Theatre Women's Studies
*Self-Designed Interdisciplinary Majors. In addition to the standard disciplinary majors, Wesleyan allows interested students to design their own interdisciplinary majors. An interdisciplinary major should be planned by a student in consultation with a faculty advisor and representatives of each of the major and minor programs involved. The major should interrelate at
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