(This information is archival only.
Please refer to http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/dean/map)

Guiding a Student MAP

How do you go about planning a MAP?
Summer | Spring or Fall

As you plan a Mentored Advanced Project, you may want to begin by browsing this web site, where you can see the wide range of MAP topics and think about the scope and desired results of your own culminating scholarly or creative project.

The interested student and potential faculty director should discuss:

  • different possibilities for the project;
  • the student's educational goals;
  • how the project fits into the student's four-year academic plan;
  • how the project can connect with the faculty member's areas of interest in scholarship and/or teaching;
  • and how the project's design will meet the "four points" of the MAP description.

The student and faculty director need to consider:

  • the methodology and timetable for the project;
  • how often they will meet;
  • the type of final product resulting from the MAP;
  • and what resources would be needed to carry out this project.

Grinnell College has MAP funding available to support travel for students (or first-year graduates) whose MAP results are accepted for off-campus public presentation or performance. If your MAP work has been accepted for external presentation, you may apply for travel support at http://web.grinnell.edu/dean/MAP/BudgetRequestEForm.asp

Please keep the Associate Deans' Office informed of all presentations, publications, performances, awards, or other recognition resulting from your MAP. Having this information is vital as we evaluate the outcomes of the program and determine its future.

The source of the Mentored Advanced Project can be found in the Fund For Excellence documentation.

Last updated on October 2, 2001