有时，学生希望追求现有的研究生课程无法满足的特殊兴趣或职业目标。对于这名学生，跨学科研究文学硕士课程提供了创建独特的硕士学位课程的机会，或者该大学目前提供的研究生课程所没有的硕士学位课程。该个性化硕士学位被设计为具有高度挑战性的学术计划，适用于那些对目标明确，拥有明确背景且可以对该计划中的各个学科进行深入学习的自发动力的学生。跨学科研究文学硕士课程旨在满足学生的独特兴趣，或为学生准备需要大学目前不提供的课程的领域。它不是对现有学位课程的替代，而是对大学课程的丰富。该课程是由学生与研究生院院长和三位教职员工
Occasionally a student wishes to pursue special interests or career goals that are not met by existing graduate programs. For this student, the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies offers the opportunity to create a unique master's degree program or one that is not otherwise substantially available in a current graduate program offered at this university. This individualized master's degree is designed to be a highly challenging academic program for the self-motivated student who has a clear perception of objectives and a background which will allow advanced study in the disciplines combined in the program. The Interdisciplinary Studies M.A. is designed to accommodate unique student interests or to prepare students for fields which require programs not presently offered at the university. It is not a replacement of existing degree programs but an enrichment of the university's offerings. This program is designed by the student in consultation with the Dean of Graduate Studies and three faculty members. The three faculty members, who comprise the student's faculty committee, are selected from more than one academic discipline. Once the program is approved by the committee, it is then submitted to the University Curriculum Committee for its approval.