Odyssey is the term for collaborative work with a faculty member on course development and revision in any field; an Odyssey may also include an undergraduate teaching assistantship. (Projects that are designed to include new or more extensive material on the diverse populations in the United States historically excluded from the curriculum will be exempted from department cost sharing.)

The Odyssey Fellowship provides members of the faculty with research assistants for research that precedes the creation or restructuring of a course. Faculty have often found that undergraduates who have taken a particular course with them are especially proactive and valuable in the revision or recasting of a course. In making these appointments, preference will be given to projects that clearly acknowledge and set forth the perspectives and contributions of both student and faculty in the process of curricular revision.