如果不能仅通过在现有部门，课程或学校中学习来完全达到学生的教育目标，则可以选择在他或她自己所关注的领域设计特殊课程模式选择。在准备并接受一份概述学习领域，预期成果和课程教育价值的建议书后，学生可以着手学习专科课程。该计划必须由相应部门的主席和艺术与科学学院院长办公室批准。有兴趣将法语，西班牙语或意大利语课程作为艺术和科学专修课程的一部分的学生，应联系现代语言和比较文学系。
When a student's educational objectives cannot be fully attained solely by study within an existing department, program, or school, he or she is given the option of devising an ad hoc pattern of courses in an area of concentration of his or her own choosing. A student may embark upon an ad hoc major following preparation and acceptance of a proposal outlining the area of study, the desired outcomes, and the educational values of the program. The program must be approved by the chairpersons of the appropriate departments and the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences. Students interested in including courses in French, Spanish, or Italian as part of an arts and sciences ad hoc major should contact the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature.