Overview

As many as 15 seniors are able to devote their entire final year of study at the University to work on a single intellectual project—a year-long independent study. The project can be a scientific investigation, a scholarly endeavor, a work of art, creative writing, filmmaking, or any other proposal that engages the imaginative and intellectual faculties students have been developing at Rochester. The project must be composed and carried out under the supervision of a faculty advisor or advisors and does not have to be related to, or part of, the student’s major.