Self-Designed Major

This program, available to all degree-seeking students, allows students to design their own major program outside existing departmental majors according to their particular needs and goals. The self-designed major will include the college’s core requirements and no more than 72 hours in the specified major area.
 
The student selects a faculty advisor or advisors, and develops a proposed plan of study. This plan must indicate all courses to be included in the program of study, including all courses accepted in transfer from other institutions, all courses currently in progress, and all courses planned for the remainder of the student’s time at the college.

In addition, the student develops a written statement of purpose, indicating why this plan of study has been developed and how/why it assists the student in meeting educational goals in ways unavailable through existing majors. The student also prepares an abstract of this statement of purpose. Once the program is approved, this abstract is appended to the student’s transcript.
 
Once the self-designed major proposal is in a draft form acceptable to the student and advisor(s), it is submitted to the Self-Designed Major Committee. The student is invited to meet with the committee to discuss the plan. Once the committee has approved the proposed plan of study, it becomes the student’s official major and is placed in the student’s permanent file in the registrar’s office. The student’s eligibility for graduation is determined by whether all the requirements of this program have been satisfactorily completed.
 
The self-designed major must be approved by the end of the student’s junior year, at the latest. Earlier approval is highly desirable. For more specific guidelines about developing a self-designed major, please contact the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

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