Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Individualized Study] From University of Washington

The Individualized Study (IS) major students at University of Washington Bothell work closely with one or more faculty mentors in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (IAS) or other schools and programs at UW Bothell as they shape a degree suited to their intellectual and professional interests and ambitions.

Housed in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (IAS), IS allows students to create degree in subjects ranging from science communication and environmental education to gender studies and digital arts. The resulting student-driven curriculum includes formal and informal meetings between students and their faculty mentors, along with a portfolio-based process of self-reflection on their learning as it evolves.?

Graduating IS students develop careers and pursue graduate education in a wide variety of fields, depending on their chosen area of study. As important, they gain experience and document success in one of the crucial predictors of success in any of those fields: the ability to undertake a self-directed project in collaboration with others, to reflect critically on its development in process, and to complete it in a timely fashion.?