In 2000-01, there are 65 freshman seminars. Most humanities and social science courses at Princeton include two lectures and one precept each week. Required independent work for undergraduates is the hallmark of a Princeton education. All A.B. candidates must complete an independent junior paper or project and a senior thesis. B.S.E. candidates may also undertake junior independent work, and virtually all B.S.E. candidates write a senior thesis.
Independent work is conducted under the mentorship of a faculty member.
Students are encouraged to include an international experience as part of their undergraduate education by participating in the Study Abroad Program. The program enables students to receive University credit for a term or a full year of study in an approved program or foreign institution. Last year, students from 21 different departments studied in 19 countries in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. In addition to participating in term-time study abroad, many students spend summers abroad undertaking intensive language study, research for a senior thesis, or in an internship. The Honor System.