有时，具有专门教育或专业目标的学生可能会发现大学提供的现有学位课程无法满足个人需求或职业计划，并且精心设计，跨学科的学习计划更为合适。具有特殊专业的学士学位是跨学科的该计划面向兴趣和能力异常的学生，这些学生具有主动性并希望在教职顾问的帮助下设计自己的专业。这些单独设计的特殊专业的目的是为特殊学生提供精心控制的机会，并在获得教师批准的情况下设计灵活的跨学科学习课程，从而获得文学学士学位。通常，只有能够设计的学生才能入学。 （在教职委员会的帮助下）围绕两个或多个部门的连贯主题或跨学科主题组织的个性化课程。有时
Occasionally, students with specialized educational or professional objectives may find that the existing degree programs offered at the university do not satisfy personal needs or career plans and that a carefully structured, interdisciplinary program of study is more appropriate.The B.A. with Special Major is an interdisciplinary program intended for students with unusual interests and abilities who have the initiative and desire to design their own major with the aid of faculty advisors. The purpose of these individually-designed special majors is to provide a carefully controlled opportunity for exceptional students to design, with faculty approval, a flexible interdisciplinary course of study that leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree.Admission normally is limited to students who can design (with the aid of a faculty committee) individualized programs organized around a coherent topic or cross-disciplinary subject that involves two or more departments. Occasionally, short-term interests in interdisciplinary programs may be served by more structure and degree plans organized by faculty for groups of students.The B.A. with Special Major is not intended to bypass normal graduation requirements or to avoid certain requirements of a regular major offered at CSUSB or at other nearby institutions. The self-designed major should not substantially duplicate any existing degree offered at CSUSB. Likewise, a Special Major cannot be developed in areas such as architecture, agriculture, or engineering where the campus lacks the necessary faculty expertise to guide the student and supervise the culminating project. Students must have an overall grade point average of 3.0 including work taken at all institutions and must maintain a 3.0 average in the courses required for the self-designed major.