Flexible Curriculum Option
Develop your own major or minor
Create your own major or minor
If you don't see a major or minor that you're interested in on our list of programs, we have an option for you! You can create your own flex major or minor in collaboration with your faculty advisor(s).
The flexible curriculum option allows you to develop a major and/or minor tailored to your interests and career goals.
I have a flex major in visual communication for the performing arts, so it combines graphic design and theatre arts, which are two things that I am passionate about and want to pursue professionally.
Examples of flexible curriculum majors and minors
There are no restrictions to the major or minor that you want to create for yourself. Here are some examples of majors and minors that other students have created for themselves.
- Urban planning
- Visual communication for the performing arts
- Applied electrical engineering in music technology
- Creative writing for visual adaptation and novelization
- Gender and sexuality studies
- Innovative sales management and marketing
- Music production
- Psychology with a focus on therapeutic creative storytelling
- Business intelligence and analytics
- Media relations
- Nonprofit marketing
How do I design a flexible curriculum major or minor?
Propose a major or minor
Work with your faculty advisor on what major or minor to propose, including a list of courses that will be used to complete it.
Explain your goals
Prepare a statement about how your proposed major supports your educational and/or career goals. For individually designed programs, you should articulate how your choice of courses will provide a cohesive, in-depth study of the subject matter.
Do the paperwork
Complete your proposal form.
Secure your advisor
Obtain the signature of the faculty member who will be your advisor for your major or minor.
Submit
Submit your proposal to the registrar’s office.When can I submit a proposal?
Your proposal form must be submitted no sooner than the first term of your sophomore year and no later than the first term of your senior year.
EARLIEST TERM YOU CAN SUBMIT |
First term, sophomore year |
FINAL DEADLINE/TERM to submit |
Last term, junior year |
