What is an independent study? Good question! It wasn't until fellow blogger, Catherine, and I took "Cultural Analytics" that the possibility of doing an independent study came to life.
Jul is a religion major, and I am planning to double major in computer science and history. For this final class project, we decided to be ambitious: we wanted to know if we were able to computationally trace change in religious thought over time.
As an Asian and Middle Eastern Studies modified with Economics Major, I have become quite accustomed to finding ways to customize my Dartmouth education to suit my interdisciplinary interests.