跨学科研究专业为学生提供了开发个性化学习计划的机会，该学习计划提供了一种手段来实现专注于学术的目标，而任何现有专业，双专业或主修和辅修都无法实现。跨学科研究专业要求学生在三个字母和科学系中进行准备课程工作，这三个专业分别是该专业的集中部分，并且在这三个集中部分中总共完成了56个上级单元。敦促潜在申请者在其学术职业生涯的早期就咨询文理学院的跨学科研究顾问（1117号钱德尔厅），以帮助他们制定专业目标并确定最能实现其目标的UCSB课程目标。跨学科研究专业仅对完成每个集中学科要求的大量低年级课程并且每个学科的平
The major in interdisciplinary studies offers students an opportunity to develop an individualized program of study that provides a means to achieve a sharply focused academic goal that cannot be met by any existing major, a double major, or a major and a minor. The interdisciplinary studies major requires that students do preparatory course work in three Letters and Science departments that serve as the major's concentrations and complete a total of fifty-six upper-division units in the three concentrations. Potential applicants are urged to consult with an the interdisciplinary studies advisor in the College of Letters and Science (Cheadle Hall 1117) early in their academic careers for assistance in formulating their objectives within the major and in identifying the courses at UCSB that will best fulfill their goals. The interdisciplinary studies major is open only to students who have completed a significant number of the lower-division courses required for each department of concentration and have earned a grade-point average of 2.0 within each department. Although students typically do not declare the major until they have reached upper-division standing, students should begin planning at least by early sophomore year on how to meet the lower-division requirements stipulated by individual departments. Students who attempt to pull something together late in their undergraduate years or to create a theme to fit courses already completed are outside the spirit of the program and will not be accepted into the major. Change of major to interdisciplinary studies during the senior year is not encouraged and will be granted only in exceptional circumstances. Students considering the interdisciplinary studies major must discuss their plans with the Letters and Science interdisciplinary studies advisor and with advisors in the departments of each of the three proposed concentrations before applying to the major. Applicants will submit a petition for a change of major along with a carefully formulated major proposal that must contain a two- or three-page statement that relates