Program Approval
Once
you have developed a formal proposal and final course list, you will
submit the completed proposal to the Proposal Review Committee. The
BIS/IDIM proposal submission deadline occurs at the end of the fourth
week of the semester. The Commitee determines whether the program
proposal is ready for formal review and approval by advisers in your
areas of concentration. (The Proposal Review Committee is made up of
the BIS/IDIM advisers and faculty from the BIS/IDIM Advisory
Committee.)
Ordinarily, students are expected to submit their
program proposals to the BIS/IDIM Proposal Review Committee during the
semester following the semester they declare a BIS or IDIM major.
Students who declare the major when they have relatively few credits
may need more time to develop their programs, but students must earn at
least 20 of the 50 credits required for a BIS or IDIM major after they
have completed the proposal approval process. Students must submit a
proposal no later than one semester before the semester they expect to
graduate.
After the Proposal Review Committee has
accepted your proposal, you will bring your BIS or IDIM program
proposal to advisers in your areas of concentration for their review
and formal approval. Your proposed program must be approved by your
concentration area advisers before your next registration or a
registration hold will be placed on your record. The BIS/IDIM office
will help you to determine the appropriate advisor for each of your
concentration areas.In some cases, the CLA Faculty Experts database can be helpful in identifying faculty person with a particular research interest.
Once
your concentration area advisors have approved your program, you will
come to the BIS/IDIM office to fill out your major program form. You
will bring the major program form to your CLA Student Community
advising office.
At
this point, you will no longer be required to see a BIS/IDIM adviser
before you register, but you will need to consult your BIS/IDIM adviser
about any changes in your program and about planning your senior
project or analytic paper. It is strongly encouraged that you meet with
an advisor in your CLA advising office to be sure that you are on track
for graduation (it is your CLA advising community that clears you for
your degree, not the BIS/IDIM office).
