Custom Degrees

[chasey11442]

In a typical university/ college who do you contact if you would like to create a custom program? I know not alll colleges offer custom degrees plans, I'm just asking who I need to contact, is it the Registrar, a certain VP/ dean or the board itself?

[Life Long Learning]

Great idea. I do not find colleges are progressive with this. Even the Big 3 are not. I tried Individualized Studies through COSC, but they were squirrelly and just not practical.

[chasey11442]

Great idea. I do not find colleges are progressive with this. Even the Big 3 are not. I tried Individualized Studies through COSC, but they were squirrelly and just not practical.

Do you know who I can contact at the college about this though?

[bjcheung77]

The Principal! Cuz, he's a prince and your pal... oh wait, what if that principal is a woman, she'll be a princess and your pal...
Other than that, work your way from Dean to VP, to P. I like the way you think... Big shots need to get things done differently.

[Ideas]

I think the normal route is an Academic Advisor, unless their catalog or webpage says to contact the Dean or Dept head for that program.

[cookderosa]

In a typical university/ college who do you contact if you would like to create a custom program? I know not alll colleges offer custom degrees plans, I'm just asking who I need to contact, is it the Registrar, a certain VP/ dean or the board itself?

Degrees can't be created by an individual employee at a college - even the board itself. I worked on a team that created 2 degrees, it's a long and arduous process that is full of checks and balances - all of which must meet or exceed the accreditation criteria.
BUT, some colleges, like COSC's Individualized Study have planned for flexibility and have created a degree that can be customized (to a point that has already been defined). So, for sure check out COSC.
My main point is that IF a college is approved to offer ANY degree, it will be listed in their regular list of available programs. So, your best bet is to simply browse those lists. I wish you the best finding what you're looking for.

PS there are degrees in some really crazy things- if you share what you're looking for, someone might have a lead for you. I don't think anyone will simply browse 20,000 websites - but collectively, you'll get a lot of insight here that can help you.

[High_Order1]

Seen an associates in private security where I can either transfer or portfolio out of everything?

...hadn't really thought about a tuned Masters, that actually kinda sounds technically sweet!

[masrat858]

Try CUNY or SUNY, although the former only allows 30 ACE credits to be transferred into their custom degree programs (for latter, I believe it's 90).

[Silly_Me]

Try CUNY or SUNY, although the former only allows 30 ACE credits to be transferred into their custom degree programs (for latter, I believe it's 90).

Yeah, I've been checking out the degree programs at SUNY Empire State.  They allow 93 credits for transfer & require 31 credits in-house (from ESC).  They also require a large handful of upper-level credits, up to 45 in some cases.  But, I am intrigued by their seemingly flexible degree programs.  I just wish their catalog wasn't so hard to figure out!

[cookderosa]

My previous experience with getting a new degree added to a department was in Iowa, and about 15 years ago. BUT, my hubby's college is adding a new degree to their line up and he's on the committee. They spent last year working up the curriculum and it just passed their in house process and have sent it to the state and after that it will go to the accreditor. Best case is fall of 2019 start date. I bring this up to say that I wanted to double check if my previous experience was still consistent with what's required now, and it looks to be.