I.S.

When seniors hand in their I.S., they are given a button indicating that they completed the project.

The College of Wooster is nationally recognized for I.S., its signature academic program in which every graduate completes three semesters of research in his or her major. While many colleges boast about individual attention, Wooster has placed this characteristic at the center of its curriculum. Maybe that's why U.S. News & World Report has ranked Wooster's I.S. program the number two senior capstone experience in the nation, second only to Princeton University.

I.S. provides all students the opportunity to engage in an activity both personally meaningful and appropriate to their individual fields and interests. It is not reserved for the few. Is is the culmination of a Wooster education and provides the basis for a lifetime of independent learning. The first unit of I.S. during the junior year often consists of a seminar or a tutorial program, designed to explore the possible range of research and creative projects in the chosen field and to initiate the student into a methodology of research or the techniques necessary for creative work. In the senior year the student spends two semesters working on a major investigative or creative project which culminates in the writing of a thesis or the production of a substantial creative work.

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