The 跨学科研究 (IDST) program enables 十大菠菜台子 students to explore and address complex issues through inquiry between and beyond disciplinary boundaries. 在这个节目中, students analyze and synthesize information from multiple perspectives and construct new forms of knowledge. 跨学科课程包括课程, 计划的专业, 并自行设计主辅.

The Director of 跨学科研究 supervises the interdisciplinary major and 小 program. Students should identify one or more advisors and prepare a proposal for submission to the IDST Director through the Provost’s office. The Director approves or rejects interdisciplinary major and 小 proposals after their approval by the faculty members consenting to serve as advisors.

1. 学生可以在第三学期提交提案，但是 不得迟于第五学期开课后四周. (一般不鼓励在第五学期提交提案, and students wishing to do so should have a backup major in case the proposal is not approved.)
2. 申请截止日期是 离最后一天上课还有四周 如果申请将在该学期进行.
3. Since an interdisciplinary major requires well-developed integrative skills and significant independent work, students who wish to propose such a major will have demonstrated academic ability beyond minimum competence. 在申请时，学生必须至少有一个3.0的绩点.
4. The IDST Director normally adheres to these eligibility guidelines but also recognizes that students may have individual experiences and/or 情有可原的情况下 that justify adhering to the spirit, 而不是规则, 这些指导方针. 董事保留对该等情况作出判断的权利.

每个希望攻读IDST专业的学生都需要:

1. 咨询两名同意指导该专业的指导老师. These advisors should assist the student in planning the major and preparing the proposal. 与这些顾问的初步咨询应在第三学期进行, 或者最迟第四学期.
2. 向教务长办公室提交初步提案不迟于 第五学期开课后四周 (有关建议的说明见第五节). Letters of support from the student’s faculty advisors (see section IV for instruction on advisors) should also be sent to the Provost’s Office by this deadline. IDST主任将接受或拒绝该提案，或要求修改. 如果提案被批准, IDST主任将向学生发送录取通知书, 学生顾问和注册主任. A copy of the successful proposal will go into the student’s advising file and will be sent to each advisor.
3. 在指定的学期内，必须更换已批准的专业的课程, the student must submit the proposed changes to the Provost’s Office for approval prior to registration. 尽早提交修改建议. Because of the quick turnaround between the release of the schedule of classes and registration, 在某些情况下，建议的变更可以通过IDST主任快速跟进.
4. Complete a capstone project (usually by taking IDST 390) in the junior and/or senior year. The student must submit evidence of this capstone experience to the Provost’s Office for review by the IDST Director 下课前两周 in the semester that the student intends to graduate (see section VI on graduation).

计划申请跨学科专业的学生必须选择两名指导老师. 辅导员将与学生密切合作, 并相互协商, 在拟定提案的过程中, 监督已完成的工作, and certifying the completion of the major and other general education graduation requirements. 教师 members willing to serve as advisors for an IDST major shall send a letter indicating such support to the Provost’s Office at the same time that the student submits the proposal. The Provost’s Office will also receive from the Registrar an advising folder for each student whose proposal is accepted.

导师的具体职责在教师协议表中有详细说明, 一旦学生的提案被接受，每位指导老师将签署哪些文件.

1. 在准备最终提案时, 学生应该与他们的导师保持密切联系 每个指导老师都发一封支持信 to the Provost’s Office indicating agreement to work with the applicant through to completion of the proposed major.
2. 建议的专业应该有 一个描述性和适当的标题. 这个头衔将出现在学生的成绩单上.
3. 一页的摘要 应该介绍这个提案. 摘要应尽可能准确地回答问题, “这个提议的实质是什么??摘要应包括:
   1. 拟修专业名称.
   2. 顾问姓名.
   3. A one or two-paragraph statement of goals and objectives containing a precise indication of the focus and intentions of the major.
4. 概念上的基本原理 是否应该涵盖整个跨学科的专业计划和经验. 这篇实质性的文章应该描述和说明所建议的专业. 理由应该是:
   1. 说明拟选的专业如何与文科相一致.
   2. 说明拟开设的专业将如何整合和反映学科.
   3. 将所选专业的各个组成部分联系在一起, with attention to the achievement of breadth and depth and the ways in which particular courses advance the goals of the major.
   4. 解释你所选择的专业如何得到教师、图书馆、工作室等的支持.Beloit学院的资源.
   5. Propose a capstone experience that will synthesize and integrate the broad range of knowledge acquired in the process of completing the major.
   6. 解释为什么部门集中(包括专业), 小, 或者主修和副修的结合)不会满足学生的智力目标.
5. 课程列表 应该包括所有与拟选专业相关的课程吗. 这些课程既要有广度，也要有深度. 课程总数应在12至15个单元之间. (一项包括大部分100级课程的提案不太可能获得批准.) Students are advised to pay particular attention to pre-requisites for courses chosen, 因为这些不会被免除. Special project courses should be listed under appropriate departmental programs together with the names of instructors who will supervise them. Special projects’ instructors should indicate their willingness to supervise these courses if they are not the advisors of the major. 最多三个单位的特殊项目工作可以算进专业.
6. 不超过五个单位 在申请程序开始时是否已经完成.
7. A proposed term-by-term course schedule should list all the courses that will satisfy graduation requirements. 课程安排可能会有变化, 但这些计划应该尽可能具体, 包括获批准的特别项目. 从目录中指定课程名称和课程编号.
8. 成绩单复印件一份 必须包括在内.
9. 如果有的话 情有可原的情况下 关于你认为委员会应该考虑的建议, 请明确地描述它们. 这些也应该由你的顾问在他们的支持信中提到.

在学习的最后一个学期，完成IDST专业的学生将:

1. 以书面形式总结IDST专业的学术内容.
2. Evaluate in writing the IDST major experience, describing its range and its conclusions.
3. 准备一份与IDST专业相关的作品集, 包括顶点经验和上述第(1)和(2)项的证据. 顶点体验的证据可能有多种形式, 包括一份论文的复印件, 展览目录的副本, 或者学生在这个顶点体验中产生的任何其他版本.
4. 将作品集提交给顾问，并要求他们出具评估信.
5. 将作品集与顾问的评估信一起发送到教务长办公室 下课前两周 在学生计划毕业的那个学期.

Students are strongly discouraged from attempting to “double count” courses toward a second major or 小. 任何重复计算都需要得到IDST主任的批准. 转学课程(包括国外的转学课程)可以计入IDST专业, 经教务长和学生顾问同意. 经批准的学生建议书副本, 最终的评估, 和所有其他相关材料将保存在教务处存档.

完成自主设计的IDST专业的学生可以以优异成绩毕业. At the end of the sixth semester, the IDST Director will solicit nominating letters from advisors. 到第七学期开始的时候, the advisors should send 提名信 to the IDST Director if the student is to be considered for graduation with Honors. The IDST Director will determine who will receive Honors by evaluating the student’s portfolio of work, 提名信, 还有学生的成绩单.

Graduating seniors who have demonstrated excellence in their self-designed IDST majors are eligible to be considered for the 跨学科研究 Prize (announced at the Honors Day ceremony). IDST主任将挑选受助人.