Individual Studies Major

• 3.0 Cumulative GPA required.
• Completion of MMW 11, 12, 13, and 14 and 60 units completed at UCSD required for students that entered as first year.
• Completion of MMW 122 and one quarter completed at UCSD required for students that entered as Transfer students.
• Major must be equivalent in terms of breadth, depth, theory, and implementation of the 160+ departmental and program majors at UCSD that have been approved by the Academic Senate.
• The major program must include a minimum of twelve four-unit upper division classes from at least two different academic departments at UCSD.
• All major courses must be taken for a letter grade, and you must earn at least a C- in each course to have it counted toward the major.
•  A grade point average of 2.0 overall and in the major is required for graduation.
• No more than 12 units of Eleanor Roosevelt College 199 "Independent Study" may be used toward the major.  
• Student and faculty sponsor will be 100% responsible for the design and content of this major. Proposal will be submitted for approval to ERC's Executive & Policy Faculty Committee.
• Proposals are not guaranteed to be approved. The faculty committee may request revisionsStudents should submit the initial full proposal at least three quarters prior to their anticipated term of graduation to avoid delays.

If you are planning to attend graduate or professional school or are seeking a California teaching credential, you should consult the entrance requirements of particular schools and incorporate relevant requirements into your program.

1. Complete the Eleanor Roosevelt College Individual Studies Major Proposal with the assistance of a faculty advisor.
2. Write a statement of purpose no longer than five pages defining:
   a) the purpose of the major
   b) its relationship to your goals
   c) the reasons this program cannot be accommodated within some existing major(s) and minor(s)
3. Obtain faculty advisor's signature and statement of support certifying that:
   a) there has been thorough faculty consultation in devising the program and that the sponsor concurs with the written statement of the student, and
   b) in the faculty member’s opinion, the proposed program is a coherent combination of courses, comparable in depth and quality to a traditional major at UCSD.
4. Create a quarter by quarter plan for proposed major.
5. Make an appointment with the Dean of Academic Advising and email the four items above to ercadvising@ucsd.edu, attention Dean of Academic Advising prior to your meeting.

To qualify for honors within the Individual Studies Major, in addition to the requirements for the major, you must meet the following criteria:

• have an overall grade point average of at least 3.5
• have a major grade point average of 3.7
• complete eight units of ERC 196 "Honors Thesis" (beyond the 60 upper division units required for a B.A. degree)

• receive the recommendation of your faculty sponsor