The PICA program offers a unique opportunity for students to combine course work in any major with community-based experience. PICA scholars are academically motivated and community-service oriented. Students apply their majors to concerns with community issues; any major is eligible, ranging from the natural sciences to social sciences to the humanities and fine arts.
Students enter the PICA program in their sophomore year, and a certificate is awarded at graduation to those who successfully supplement a major with a set of requirements organized around a senior integrative project that addresses a specific community issue. These requirements include four courses outside the major, a summer internship, and the senior project, which is an independent study or honors thesis in the student s major field. PICA scholars also participate in a series of workshops that develop a variety of citizenship skills.
Website: http://www.conncoll.edu/academics/centers/hollerancenter/pica.html
