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(IDP) offers you the
opportunity to propose a major or
minor specifically
designed to meet your educational
goals if those goals
are not met by other majors or minors
described in
the MSCD
Catalog
- The Goals of the Individualized Degree
Program (IDP)
- IDP Requirements & Policies
- STEPS for the Development and Approval
of an
Individualized Degree Program
- Questions to Assist You in Your Planning
* Design an educational program to meet your specific educational
needs and goals,
* Achieve excellence in your chosen field of study,
* Increase your capacity for commitment, critical thinking,
and problem-solving,
* Become a more confident and capable self-directed, lifelong
learner,
* Understand, synthesize, and apply perspectives and information
from diverse fields of study,
* Link theory and practice, integrating learning gained
in the classroom with experience gained in the workplace
and community.
In addition to meeting your specific educational goals,
the IDP provides you the opportunity to build your own coherent
and integrated educational program on a strong liberal arts
foundation to enable you to "communicate and reason
effectively as a culturally and economically literate citizen
in a multicultural, global and technological society"...and
to be a "well educated, critically thinking citizen
who contributes and participates in meaningful ways in community
and civic life."1
The IDP also serves as an incubator for new academic programs
at the College, allowing the College to respond quickly
to changing needs in the community and workplace.
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1 Quotations from the operational role
and mission statement, MSCD Trustees Policy handbook, Sepember
2004, available at http://www.mscd.edu/welcomectr/trustees.
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