Integrative and Applied Learning Requirement

First year students entering the college in Fall 2022 and later must meet the Integrative and Applied Learning (IAL) graduation requirement. To phase in this requirement, those graduating through December 2025 will be exempt from the requirement. IAL is intended to be an upper level experience that meets the outcomes below.

Students will be able to:

  • Integrate multiple bodies of knowledge with their personal experience by asking meaningful questions about real-world problems 
  • Apply skills, theories, and methods gained in academic study, professional experiences, and/or co-curricular experiences to new situations 
  • Reflect upon changes in their learning and outlook over time, and integrate into their future endeavors based on that self-reflection 

Students may meet the Integrative and Applied Learning (IAL) requirement in one of two ways.

  1. Take a course that is designed to meet the requirement and carries the IAL attribute. See the list below.
  2. Design and propose an individual IAL experience in Grad Leader, linked here. Your proposal must demonstrate how you will meet the three outcomes above. You will need to identify a "field supervisor" who can verify your work. 
Instructions to use Grad Leader to request an individualized IAL experience

1. First, identify your individual IAL experience that will demonstrate how you will meet the Integrative and Applied Learning outcomes. This can include many options, not limited to: directed studies with faculty, structured long-term volunteer opportunities, individual study abroad programs, working on campus initiatives or serving on the executive board of organizations, and more. Be sure to identify a field supervisor who can verify your work. 

2. Log into the GradLeaders system here.

  • Use your full G# as your User ID and geneseo as the password. If you can’t access the system, use the system to find your email and reset your account or contact careers@geneseo.edu.

3. Click on “Add Internship” and select the IAL labeled option for the semester to begin your learning agreement. 

4. Required fields include: a minimum of three learning objectives, completed prompts for the Integrative and Applied Learning outcomes, GPA, field supervisor contact information, and e-mail address, and departmental information.

5. Upon your completion of the form, the staff of the Career Design Center will initiate the

electronic signature process to get the experience initiated in the system. 

6. Each participant in the approval process (field supervisor, the Registrar, etc.) is given the opportunity to review and then accept or reject the learning agreement if key components are missing. Accepted forms are automatically sent to the next participant in the process. Rejected forms are reviewed by Career Design Center and routed back to be corrected.

7. Throughout the semester, the GradLeaders system will notify you to complete mid-semester and final reflections on your experience, which will be reviewed by staff in the Career Design Center and serve as an opportunity for you to reflect on the impact of your experience in relation to your learning, personal development, and career readiness competencies. 

With any questions on individual student-initiated experiences, please contact Hope Martin, Applied Learning Coordinator, at hmartin@geneseo.edu. 

Courses approved to meet Integrative and Applied Learning, as of Fall 2024:

Course prefixes A-D
  • ACCT 395 Internship
  • AMST 395 Internship
  • AMST 490 American Studies Capstone
  • ANTH 305 Linguistic Methods
  • ANTH 320 Archeology Field School
  • ANTH 336 Forensic Anthropology
  • ANTH 382 Ethnographic Field Methods
  • ANTH 383 Archeological Methods and Theory
  • ANTH 402 Sociomedical Sciences Capstone Research
  • ANTH 495 Sociomedical Sciences Internship
  • BIOL 305 Conservation Biology
  • BIOL 317 Marine Biology
  • BIOL 344 Biology and Global Health
  • BIOL 354 Developmental Biology
  • BIOL 364 Animal Physiology
  • BIOL 384 Communicating Science
  • BIOL 397 Lab Instructor for Introductory Biology
  • BIOL 499 Directed Study
  • BLKS 490 Black Studies Capstone
  • CHEM 490 Advanced Chemistry Research
  • COMN 498 Capstone Experience
  • DANL 395 Internship
Course prefixes E-H
  • ECON 395 Internship
  • EDUC 491 Student Teaching - Childhood
  • ENGL 280 Yeats Summer School in Ireland
  • ENGL 281 Writing and Knowing the Land Abroad
  • ENGL 308 Modernity in West Africa
  • ENGL 402 Creative Writing Capstone Seminar
  • ENGL 426 Editing and Production Workshop I
  • ENGL 427 Literary Representations of Disability
  • ENTR 295 or 395 Internship
  • FNCE 395 Internship
  • GEOG 383 Research Experience in Human Geography and Sustainability
  • GEOG 474 Geographic Thought Senior Seminar
  • GEOG 487 Urban Issues Senior Seminar
  • GSCI 392 Geological Sciences Capstone Seminar II
  • HIST 284 Environmental History of Madagascar
  • HIST 405 English Atlantic World
  • HIST 406 American Revolution
  • HIST 407 Slave Rebellions and Resistance in the Atlantic World
  • HIST 410 The Gilded Age and Progressive Era
  • HIST 411 Making of Modern America
  • HIST 413 Black Power and Structural Inequality in Post WWII U.S.
  • HIST 420 The U.S. and Vietnam
  • HIST 430 Advanced Studies in American History: SNCC and Social Justice
  • HIST 453 Nationalism and Ethnic Violence
  • HIST 455 War and Peace in the Balkans
  • HIST 465 History of the Iroquois
  • HIST 470 Modern Mexico
  • HIST 476 Modern China
  • HIST 480 Ancient Sciences in the Medieval Islamic World
  • HIST 481 Aid and Development in Africa
Course prefixes I-P
  • IARL 300 Student Ambassador Program
  • INTD 204 Livingston CARES Service Learning Experience
  • INTD 311 Field Experience: Foreign Language Block III
  • MATH 348 Oral Research and Presentation Seminar
  • MGMT 395 Internship
  • MKTG 395 Internship
  • PHIL 497 Seminar
  • PHYS 230 Digital Electronics
  • PHYS 363/463 Instrumentation and Interfacing
  • PHYS 372/472 Undergraduate Research
  • PHYS 384/484 Astrophysical Techniques
  • PSYC 452 Advanced Research in Psychology
Course prefixes Q-Z
  • SOCL 476 Senior Capstone Seminar
  • SPAN 308 Communication and Culture in Spain
  • SPAN 309 Language Field School in Afro Hispanic Societies
  • SPED 491 Special Education Student Teaching
  • SUST 366 Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship
  • SUST 385 Campus Sustainability Leadership
  • THEA 399 Directed Study
  • WGST 232 Safe Zone Train the Trainer
  • WGST 490 Women's and Gender Studies Capstone
  • WGST 495 Internship
  • XLRN 250 Intergroup Dialogue
  • XLRN 350 Dialogue Facilitation Training