The first semester of the Senior Independent Study project, in which each student engages in creative and independent research guided by a faculty mentor and which culminates in a thesis and an oral examination in the second semester.
- Teacher: Michael Bush
- Teacher: Qimin Huang
- Teacher: Rob Kelvey
- Teacher: Cynthia Lester
- Teacher: Colby Long
- Teacher: Jake Murphy
- Co-teacher: Pam Pierce