文科个性化研究专业为学生提供了设计主题一致的跨学科学习计划的机会，该计划将探究领域以目前SMU课程中尚未提供的独特组合组合在一起。邀请感兴趣和具有学术资格的学生与该计划的主任（德曼学院学术事务副院长）一起探讨这种可能性。如果学生的学习计划似乎有价值，主任将建议大学适当部门和部门的教职员工，他们可以在设计课程时提供进一步的帮助。学生必须至少要求三名教员组成教职监督委员会，其中一名担任主席。
The major in individualized studies in the liberal arts provides students the opportunity to design a thematically coherent interdisciplinary program of study that brings fields of inquiry together in unique combinations not currently offered as a program in the SMU curriculum. Interested and academically qualified students are invited to explore this possibility with the program's director (Dedman College Associate Dean of Academic Affairs). If the student's plan of study appears to have merit, the director will suggest faculty members in appropriate departments and divisions of the University who can provide further assistance in designing the program. Students must ask at least three faculty members to constitute a Faculty Supervisory Committee, with one serving as chair.