该学位使您可以跨学科设计符合自己独特学术需求的学习计划。作为这个严格的研究生课程的学生，您将与您的老师一起创建定制的学位课程，该课程将来自两个或多个学术部门的课程整合在一起。您还将在论文和非论文选项之间进行选择，并进行支持您的专业兴趣的独立研究。如果您遇到以下情况，该计划可能是一个很好的选择：具有现有研究生计划无法支持的特定目标，希望在多个学科中积累知识，具有目标导向性和自我激励能力并能独立工作。
Do your career goals fall outside the mold of a traditional graduate program. If the answer is yes, then interdisciplinary studies could be the perfect fit for you. This degree allows you to reach across disciplines to design a plan of study that meets your unique academic needs. As a student in this rigorous graduate program, you will work with your faculty mentor to create a customized degree program that integrates courses from two or more academic departments. You will also choose between a thesis and non-thesis option and lead independent research that supports your professional interests.