IDP students complete their Degree Projects over two semesters. This is the culminating work in a student’s major. The first semester is the research phase of the project and the second semester is the creation of a 40-60 page academic paper. If the project is one that is a creative work then the second semester will be the finishing of that project along with a 15-page process paper.
All students must complete a research-based or creative project that pertains to their major. The requirements in IDP are the same as those of the campus program. Below are just a few of the Degree Projects that have been completed through several majors:
Fine Arts
Opening the Spirit of My Art
Art and Spirituality in Bali
Paradigms Tense and Quake: The Transition in Art From Traditional to Technical Practice
Individualized Major
Involving Youth in Community and Ecologically Based Restoration Through Art
Shift/Control: Reinterpreting Traditional Grassroots Organizing Techniques from the World Wide Web and Attendant Digital Media Technologies
Double Helix: The Relationship Between Music and Poetry
Community Based Life Long Learning
Ecological Design and Healthy Home Construction
Psychology
Domestic Abuse: The War Zone Within Our Homes
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Toward an African Perspective on Mental Health
Identity Shifts in First Time Mothers Over Age 35
Values Initiative for Boys Empowerment
Transpersonal Psychology
Meditation in the Body: Inquiries of Science and Meditation
Embracing the Feminine Life Cycle
Wilber’s Philosophy and the Plausibility of Past Lives
Alchemy: The Road From Melancholia to Illumination
Creative Healing, Healing Creation
The Eleventh Hour: Stories of Healing and Transformation at the End of Life
Writing and Literature
Modern American Poetry Writing
Immigrants and Minorities: Cultural and Racial Identity in the Work of Four English Speaking Contemporary Female Writers
Love, Liquor, Family: Travels of the Bad Gone Good: Anthology
Reading, Writing and the Quest for the Self
Place, Culture, and Incorporating Historical Research in Fiction
