Degree Plan
To create a custom major through the Individualized Study program at UMBC, I was required to take the Degree Plan writing seminar. This course prepared me to write my degree proposal by creating a description of an integrative degree, my learning objectives and a course list to actualize the degree. Additionally, ideas for capstone research projects and a professional cover letter.
I spent the entire semester editing, re-writing, and collaborating with my peers to make this plan. This is also where I learned important techniques in formal/professional writing that can be applied to project and grant proposals of many types.
This degree proposal would not have been possible without the support of my two academic mentors, Dr. Andrea Kleinsmith and Professor Gary Rozanc who worked closely with me to provide edits and feedback.
At the end of the semester, my proposal was unanimously approved by the Individualized Study Committee (ISC). To read more on the requirements, please visit the INDS webpage.
To view the official and approved degree plan, please click here.
Park - INDS Degree Plan Proposal Form (Spring 2020)My Mentoring Team
Dr. Kleinsmith
Andrea Kleinsmith is an assistant professor in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and the director of the Affective Behavior Interaction Lab.
Before joining UMBC, Dr. Kleinsmith held postdoctoral researcher positions with Professor Ben Lok in the Virtual Experiences Research Group in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department at the University of Florida and with Dr. Marco Gillies in the Embodied AudioVisual Interaction Group at Goldsmiths, University of London in the UK. She received a PhD in Computer Science from University College London, UK, an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Aizu in Japan, and a BA in Psychology from the University of Oregon.
Gary Rozanc
Gary is an assistant professor of graphic design at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the Education Director for AIGA Baltimore. Gary received his BA in graphic design from Cleveland State University and his MFA in Visual Communications from the University of Arizona.
Eric Brown
Eric Brown has had a long association with INDS, graduating from the program in 1993 with a proposal concentrating in Chemistry and History. He later received his MA in History of Science at Princeton University in 1999. He continued to serve as an INDS program advisor from 2002 to 2006. He is also affiliated with the History Department at UMBC, having taught for the department as an adjunct faculty member for more than a decade. Among the courses he teaches are History of the American West, Darwinism, Human Context of Science & Technology and History of Science since 1700.