The Student Planned Major provides students who wish to graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences the opportunity to pursue educational goals which cannot readily be accommodated in the College’s disciplinary majors. The student will complete the College’s Liberal Education Curriculum and work with a College Advisor plus at least two board appointed faculty advisors to create an individually tailored course of study of sufficient credit hours to meet general degree requirements. Any substitution to the LEC requirement must be approved by the College, the faculty advisors as well as one faculty member in the area of the substitution. Students completing this major are eligible to receive either the B.A. or the B.S. degree depending upon the particular configuration of course work selected.

Any undergraduate student in Arts and Sciences in good academic standing is eligible to apply for the SPM. Students interested in this option should contact the Director of Advising in the College of Arts and Sciences to begin the process. Those entering the SPM are expected to develop a written statement outlining educational goals and how the proposed or current course of study accomplishes the goals.