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Beyond a course listing<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.2999992370605px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica, it can be incredibly helpful sans-serif;">The best way to start planning your curriculum is to explicitly explain have a concise vision of its application and importance in the reasoning behind your courseworkreal world</span></span>. &nbsp;</span>Most individualized programs require the student toprovide an executive summary in order to illustrate the goals and vision of the proposed field of study. This is a helpful tool to onboard <span style="font-size:small;">stakeholders like deans and department heads to your cause. Specific items that may help convince difficult administrators to support you include:</span> #<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Personal Mission.''' If you have a personal connection to the work, have illustrated you interest in the past, and have specific examples of career paths or programs you'd like to start or join with the help of your individualized major, its a great way to onboard them to your vision.</span></span>#<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Relevant statistics/research about your field.''' This can mean trends in the space, how many institutions have the major, what people do in the space, just anything to make your lofty idea seem like a viable business plan to spend four years on.&nbsp;</span></span>#<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Specific institutional Benefits.''' What will the college get, specifically, out of offering this major? What will they get about offering an Individualized Major Program? Programs? Funding? More students? Community support? Stronger, more involved students? This is about their very basic wants and needs. See if you can align with an existing University goal. F<br/></span></span>#<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;">'''UIF examples'''.There are many Fellows that have created individualized majors with exceptional success and have left legacies of curricula, programs, and support in our institutions. Pointing to success stories similar to your pursuits at similar universities can be extremely helpful for them to visualize.</span></span></span>