Senior Experience Coda Checklist
The Senior Experience Coda course provides an opportunity for
- Ownership
Students must find or design an opportunity to take ownership of their own educational experience and pursue additional steps to integrate their many experiences at ΞΆΓάΘ¦. - Relevance
Students will connect to the broader world, which may mean the broader world of academic discourse and/or the world outside of ΞΆΓάΘ¦ College, - Integration Students in the Coda will consciously and reflectively examine their broad and unique liberal arts education.
- Creativity
Students in the Coda will produce original work and engage with individual ideasβ€”in analysis, invention, or creationβ€”in all fields.
The Senior Experience Coda course is (one or more of the following)
- Thesis/capstone
Senior thesis projects or capstone courses/capstone experiences that require significant research and writing - Maturity-level
Existing maturity-level courses that require substantial engagement with original research, in-depth analysis, service learning, and/or civic engagement with a focus on integrative learning - Practicum Practicum experiences within a major (e.g., an Education Studies major may satisfy this requirement with the teaching semester)
- Integrative learning
A one-credit add-on to an existing 3 or 4 credit course that requires the student to focus on integrative learning, work in collaborative setting with peers and faculty, and present a final product that satisfies the three Coda themes - Other
A Coda course that is specifically designed by a faculty member to invite students who do not choose to take on individual research or practicum experiences to engage with the three themes of the Coda