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    Exploring Your Interests in Class and through Research

    Many classes at Grinnell are discussion-based. Chaz Del Mar ’22 says that often course material can flex to include areas students express interest in.

    Lex Baumann ’22 is a political science major with an interest in Native American identity. Thanks to Grinnell’s inquiry-led curriculum, she was able to complete a Mentored Advanced Project through the history department.

    Baumann is also pursuing a concentration in policy studies. With only 10 students in the program, she says it’s been fun to get to know these students well and to evolve together. “It was really interesting to watch each other grow in the courses that we took.”

    The classroom is very inclusive for the students and the teachers like most of my classes, we've sat in a circle because most of them are discussion-based. And I've had teachers ask like if there are readings that we want to cover? Like, if there was something specific, any topics that we were interested in, that would be under the umbrella of the whole class and we just added it to the syllabus. What we call a MAP here, it stands for, "Mentor Advanced Project." And so usually what it is it either takes place during the school year or the summer and essentially you're doing advanced research with a faculty member. During the summer, you get a stipend, which is really nice. And that's what I did. I got to step into study Native American Identity. And I think that's another thing about Grinnell at that highlights how great the open curriculum is, because I'm a Political Science major, and I was able to do research in the history department. I like to specialize in American politics. So I'm in a lot of the same classes of people who also specialize in that area. And then with Policy Studies, there's only 10 students in the concentration. That's a very research-based class. So it was really interesting to be able to see how over time my peers, their projects that they did, how they evolved. So it's really interesting to watch each other grow in the courses that we took.

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