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