Undergraduate Course Catalog 2006-2007
Special University Programs
Student-Designed Majors
Under special circumstances, students may design their own majors. This
option is offered for highly motivated and self-disciplined students
who seek a course of study that is not available through existing
programs at the University. It allows students, with the close
supervision of faculty members, to cross department and college lines
and to create educational experiences on and off campus as part of
individual programs of study.
Student-designed majors are administered by a
committee of elected faculty that operates through the Office of the
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Students who
want to design their own majors are expected to give the committee
evidence of careful thought and planning in a proposal submitted on or
before October 15 during the student's junior year. The committee will
convene soon after October 15 to review the proposals.
Submissions after this deadline are strongly
discouraged, but if an application is late for reasons beyond the
student's control, the SDM Committee may review the application on a
case-by-case basis.
Proposal guidelines are available in the Office of
the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and on
the Academic Affairs Web site, www.unh.edu/academic-affairs. Click on
"Undergraduate Students."
