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.
- Enseignant: Michael Bush
- Enseignant: Qimin Huang
- Enseignant: Rob Kelvey
- Enseignant: Cynthia Lester
- Enseignant: Colby Long
- Enseignant: Jake Murphy
- Co-teacher: Pam Pierce