<p>I’d like a current student/faculty to touch on the Tutorial Studies program. Is this a suitable “create your own major” program? How might this look to potential employers/grad school admissions counselors? Might, stereotypically, a tutorial studies program be considered easier or harder than another more typical UC major, and how, anecdotally, might one’s peers view some one going into the program? In short, I’m looking for any consequential information-any information at all-relating to the program that isn’t immediately found in the college catalog.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of anyone majoring in Tutorial Studies. So I’m not sure how common this major is, or how you might use it to do interdisciplinary studies. HOWEVER!</p>
<p>There are a few other great interdisciplinary majors that I HAVE heard of people doing. These are Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities (ISHUM) and Fundamentals. </p>
<p>In ISHUM (which I considered for a bit), you pick one main field and two sub-fields (two of the three must be in the Humanities) that fit together for your proposed major. For example, I was considering American Studies, with English, History, and Anthropology as my three fields. I even went so far as to meet with the ISHUM advisor. His name is Lewis and he’s really nice. </p>
<p>Fundamentals (people with this major are called “Fundies”) is a pretty unique program. You ask an question. Like, “What is justice?” or “What is the American experience?” You then take courses that examine texts in depth. It’s kind of like a Great Books program. You can read more about it in the catalog. </p>
<p>These are good interdisciplinary choices for humanities type people. If you’re math/science, you might wait for someone who knows something about Tutorial Studies.</p>