Bachelors of Individual Studies

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<p>Okay, here’s the thing. I’m going to live at home for my bachelor’s degree so I can save money. My local community college at which I got my AA offers various bachelor’s programs through universities. </p>

<p>I met with an adviser and told her I want to be a writer. Writing is what I love. My dream job would be writing for a magazine as well as freelancing. I told her I was thinking of getting a degree in communications with a major or minor in creative writing. I want to focus on communications to learn how to sell my product - my writing. </p>

<p>She recommended a bachelor’s of individual studies to me. In this program I get to design my own curriculum, to hand-pick the classes that will best support me and my educational needs.</p>

<p>While this is very intriguing to me, I’m wondering how a “Bachelor’s in Individual Studies” looks to an employer. Will this degree get me the job I want, when supplemented with an internship at a writer’s society and an professional portfolio? </p>

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I know this is an old post, but I am currently in a program like this at Virginia and could give you some insight. I about a year from graduating, but after talking with colleagues in the program who have graduated, it hasn’t been a hindrance when finding a job. I think it all depends what you want to do with it. If you are looking to get into writing, government work, business, history or something along those lines, it can work out well for you. You get an added benefit if you supplement this degree with internships and graduate school. There is actually a writer and famous columnist in Washington DC named Thom Loverro who started out in a program like this. He has gone on to write numerous books, write articles for a couple news papers and even taught classes at university level. Look him up on wikipedia. Good luck.