<p>I'm interested in going to Berkeley and possibly creating my own major. Do you know anyone who has done it? Is it much harder than just picking a normal major or doing a double-major? Are there problems you have come across that you weren't anticipating?</p>
<p>I don't exactly know, but I'd like to do a mix of art, mass communications, English, and French. How does the process work? I'd like to know all there is to know about it! Thanks.</p>
<p>I can't answer your question on making a major, but I'd like to ask - would there be any difference between your major and simply majoring in one of the four that you listed, minoring in another, and taking the other two as humanities electives?</p>
<p>It just seems that, with so many interests, that making a major plan that would satisfy any sort of requirement for any of the four interests would be difficult.</p>
<p>you are a loser.....why would u do sucha thing?</p>
<p>Zarkthos: That's true, I could do what you said, it sounds like a good idea. My problem was that my interests were kind of spread out, and I wasn't sure if I could cover all of them with just one normal major. </p>
<p>Is it ridiculously more difficult to have both a major and a minor? If not, I will probably just do what you said.</p>
<p>Sean11: I'M not a loser, YOU'RE a loser. Loser.</p>
<p>At Berkeley, there is something called the Department of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies. It administers the various interdisciplinary majors, but it also offers the Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major, which is exactly what you are seeking. Here is the link to the relevant site:
<a href="http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/isf/%5B/url%5D">http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/isf/</a></p>
<p>I hate giving these lectures, but I will do it again... </p>
<p>Sean11: Actually, creating a major takes a lot of initiative and forethought. Despite what many say, these are not fluff majors. Flexible majors are often good choices for those students who are not dead-set on a life path right now or simply want to pursue their own interests without the superfluous courses. I get tired of narrow-minded people at Cal, I came here to get away from the shallow narrowmindness of Los Angeles, and found it is even worse in many cases here than it was down there.</p>
<p>As for the OP, I am a member-student of the UGIS, as an American Studies major, while we are not exactly an "Invent-a-Major", we have flexibility to pursue our own course in liberal arts. It is not simply limited to America. Invent a Majors allow people to pursue their passion at their whim, rather than sticking to a fairly pre-determined path with most of the stock majors. This is part of the reason of college, to discover for yourself what interests you and what you REALLY want to write your thesis about.</p>
<p>My topic is actually based about the effects of American Empire at home and abroad, and does it actually exist or is it simply a fabrication created by media Propaganda. I will be writing this while I am abroad in Germany, experiencing in Europe first hand the effects of American influence on foreign countries, especially the EU.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks a million ilikeplato and andrewtdx. By now I've looked through the website and I think that I'm definitely going to do an Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major. Thanks again!</p>
<p>Has anyone else done an interdisciplinary major? Has it worked out for you, too?</p>