US College Students Customize Unique Majors
Some universities allow custom-designed majors, tailored to student interests
February 15, 2012
Amherst College, a liberal arts school in western Massachusetts, allows some students to plan a personal program of study under the direction of a tutor.
One of the first questions an American college student often gets is, “What are you majoring in?” Meaning, what academic subject are you spending most of your time studying?
A typical answer would be “chemistry,” “pre-law,” “journalism,” “sociology,” or “English.”
What is not typical is an answer such as “Keepin’ It Real” or “Grand Romantic Gestures.”
That’s right: “Grand Romantic Gestures.” It’s an actual course of study at the University of Maryland. But only for Elizabeth Limberakis.
You see, Maryland is one of a growing number of U.S. colleges that allows students to custom-design their own majors, tailored to their interests. As The New York Times reports, Limberakis happens to be interested in the study of love.
At Wesleyan College in Georgia, a little more than half of the undergraduate students individualize their majors, as it’s called.
Yes, even love can be the subject of a student’s main academic curriculum.
A number of University of Washington students do too, after receiving a warning from the university that cooking up your own academic program does not mean you can design a “light” major just to get an easy degree.
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