Custom-Designed Major
The Bachelor of Science in the Custom-Designed Major empowers students to pursue individualized courses of study at Drexel University not readily available through an existing major or a combination of existing majors and minors.
Learn about the Custom-Designed Major
Although their academic interests are incredibly diverse, Custom-Designed students share several common traits. They are fiercely independent, creative innovators, able to negotiate big picture ideas alongside the small details necessary to accomplish a large-scale project. They have demonstrated academic and extracurricular achievements that place them among the top tier of their peers.
For additional information about applying to this program, contact pennoni@drexel.edu.
Examples of Custom-Designed Majors
- Economic Theory and Thought
- Methodology and Analysis
- Socioeconomic Mechanisms and History
Co-op: Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
- Biomedical Engineering
- Biochemistry
- Health Sciences
- Communications
Co-op: Johnson & Johnson
- Fashion Design
- Engineering
- Integrative Digital Media
Co-op: Becton Dickinson
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Sustainability
Co-op: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
The Custom-Designed Major Offers Students:
- Individualized curriculum
- Priority registration
- Access to courses across the university
- Tailored academic advising
- Faculty-mentored senior year capstone project
- Intentionally integrated experiential learning (including research, cooperative education, study abroad, etc.)
- A community of likeminded innovators
The Custom-Designed Major provides creative, highly motivated students with space to build their own interdisciplinary major, guided by our Pennoni Honors College staff and supported by faculty mentors from across the University. This unique educational experience, alongside Drexel's renowned co-op program, yields knowledgeable, agile, and engaged citizens ready to tackle the world's problems.
—Neville Vakharia, PhD, Dean of the Pennoni Honors College