Individually Structured Major BA

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Introduction

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These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.

Program Delivery

This is an on-campus program.

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The ISM program plan contract is approved by faculty for each discipline and submitted along with a cover letter identifying the ISM focus or academic theme to the CLAS Advising Office, North Classroom, 4002, for college approval by the assistant/associate dean or CLAS academic advisor. The ISM program plan must be approved before one-third of the ISM course work is completed. Typically, a maximum of 16-18 hours of previously completed courses is allowed.

General Requirements

To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.

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Program Requirements

The ISM program plan requires course work over two or three disciplines. A discipline is defined as a single department or program such as biology, ethnic studies or math. The ISM program plan must comply with the following policies:

Between 48 and 54 semester hours are allowed for the program plan.
A minimum of 16 semester hours must be upper-division credit.
A minimum of 30 semester hours must be completed in liberal arts and sciences course work.
Each discipline requires a minimum of 15 semester hours, of which at least 3 must be upper-division hours.
A minimum of 6 semester hours in each discipline must be taken from CU Denver faculty.
A maximum of one discipline may be outside CLAS.
A third optional discipline may be a mixture of course work, excluding courses from the first and second disciplines.
An ISM title must be consistent with the academic theme and disciplines in the program plan.
Once the ISM contract is approved, any changes to course work must be approved by the faculty advisor in the affected disciplines and the student’s CLAS academic advisor. Students are encouraged to include alternate courses in the ISM to minimize contract alterations.

Graduation requirements for ISM students include a minimum 2.0 GPA for all ISM course work, a minimum 2.0 GPA in each discipline in the program plan and a minimum of 24 hours of course work taken from CU Denver faculty.