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Guidelines
for Students
Planning
Your Project
Considering options:
All Winter Term projects fall into the following general categories:
on-campus or off-campus, individual or group, full-credit
or half-credit. All projects require a sponsor. Students are
encouraged to discuss possible Winter Term projects with faculty
advisors and to consider a variety of options. (View listing
of past projects: Sample
projects from Past Years). Students are encouraged
to consider the following:
What do I hope to learn?
Do I want to work alone
or with a group?
Do I want to work on
or off campus?
Will I do one full-time
project or combine two half-time projects?
What relative weight
will I give to reading, writing, creating, performing, research,
and practical experience?
Can the project be
completed in one month?
What will the project
cost?
Are there adequate
facilities in Oberlin or elsewhere?
Will I need instruction or supervision,
or can my work be done independently?
Individual
Projects
Established
individual projects. Established projects have
a preexisting description and a sponsor and/or director. Established
projects are usually publicized with the Winter Term
Group
Projects.
Self-proposed
Individual Projects. Individual projects developed
and proposed by a student, in consultation with a sponsor,
require a written proposal and a final report. Students may
apply to the Winter Term Committee for a grant to support
their Winter Term project
(see ).
The Project Proposal.
A student who decides to propose an individual project should
obtain the appropriate form(s) and present the proposal to
the sponsor. A student should give careful thought to his
or her proposal, including:
The educational goals
of the project.
The appropriate project
category: Academic Study, Field Experience, or Personal Growth
and Development.
What the project entails.
Who will be working
on it in addition to the proposer (if applicable).
The time commitment
expected.
What the end product
will be.
The proposal represents a contract
between the student and the sponsor. The sponsor may make
recommendations or suggest changes, and will specify the nature
of the final report to be submitted by the student.
Once the proposal is accepted, the sponsor keeps the form
until the project is completed (see Project
Sponsors and Directors/Individual Project).
On-Campus
Projects
A student who plans
an on-campus project must obtain prior approval for the use
of certain rooms, facilities, and equipment before acceptance
by the sponsor.
Off-Campus
Projects
In addition to addressing
the points in "The Project Proposal" above, proposals for
projects to be done away from Oberlin must also discuss the
following:
The students must state the locale(s)
in which the work will take place.
If the project requires the use of
library materials, museum collections, laboratory facilities
or other resources, the student needs to establish that Oberlin
does not offer comparable resources for a one-month project,
and that access to these off-campus resources has been confirmed.
If the project involves
work within an agency, research group or other organizations
off campus, the student must present evidence that the project
has been approved by the organization/ the name of the on-site
project director or supervisor should be listed. Note: internships
must be voluntary, not for pay.
If a student's Winter Term project
involves traveling abroad, the student is required to have
an International Student Identity Card. The International
Student Identity Card is the standard for of identification
for students traveling abroad and is readily accepted.
Additional information and application forms are available
in the Winter Term Office in Peters 205. The application
can also be obtained online at www.isicus.com .
Students are responsible for their
transportation and housing arrangements. However, alumni
sometimes offer housing or other assistance during Winter
Term; this information is available from the Office of Career
Services.
Group projects
Some Winter Term group
projects are offered every year, but many are one-time opportunities
reflecting the interests and expertise of sponsors and participants
that year.
Most group projects are listed on
the Winter Term web site under Group
Projects which appears online in late October. New
listings will be posted online as they are received up to
the Winter Term registration deadline.
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