CIS Application Form
Note: Before you can apply, your curriculum must be approved by the CIS faculty advisory committee.
See http://www.davidson.edu/academics/cis/majors for approved curricula. If you are interested in a
major that does not yet have an approved curriculum, see the director asap.
Another Note: Successful applications have usually gone through several drafts, with faculty advisers
commenting on at least one draft.
First Name
Graduating Class
Email Address
Last Name
Intended Major
Cell Phone
1. List here the faculty members who have agreed to be your advisers (at least two, no more than
three).
Name
Phone Number
Email Address
2.
What will you major in if you do not major through the CIS?
3.
List here courses for your potential major that you have already taken or are taking.
Department
Course #
Course Title
Taking? (Y/N)
Now list your projected schedule of courses for your potential major. Note: “Y(es)” indicates that you
have verified that the course will be taught that semester, either from the department’s projected
schedule on the web or by direct communication with the department chair.
Junior Year Fall
Department
Course #
Course Title
Available? (Y/N)
2
Junior Year Spring
Department
Course #
Course Title
Available? (Y/N)
Course #
495
Course Title
Thesis
Available? (Y/N)
Y
Course Title
Thesis
Available? (Y/N)
Y
Senior Year Fall
Department
CIS
Senior Year Spring
Department
CIS
4.
Course #
496
Please attach your answers to the following two questions.
A. Why do you want to pursue this major through the CIS? Limit 300 words.
B. What project have you chosen for your thesis? Show that you can articulate a workable
research question and that you have thought about how you will answer it. Include a brief
bibliography. Please also include a research budget and explain where you will get funding, if
needed. Limit 1500 words.
Submit this application, including your answers to 4A and 4B, as one Word file (.doc or .docx)
attached to an email to the director of the CIS, the administrative assistant of the CIS, and your faculty
advisers.
The deadline is the Friday before spring break.