Resource:How to Create an Individualized Major

Introduction

Individualized Majors, or IM, are designed by students in conjuctions with Academic Deans, Heads of Departments, Individual advisors, and other stakeholders. In institutions where specific programs of study are not offered, they allow students to create a curriculum that integrates multiple disciplines into a coherent educational vision. highly motivated students can use this function to prototype specific education programs they wish to found at the institution, especially in relatively new fields of study. This is especially helpful to students wishing to study in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, as institutions may have no experience in creating such programs. Individualized Majors are helpful ways to show institutions what it takes to support new programs and the students within them.

Some fortunate institutions have individualized major programs, including specific requirements for approval, and processes to complete. Other institutions lacking such programs can use these frameworks as a way to design their own IM programs, or as a way to draft a proposal for personal study at an institution. 

Proposal

Regardless of whether or not your institution has an IM program in place, it is wise