Students formulate their own plans of study by using both intercollege and interdepartmental combinations of courses that will provide either a specialized or broad pattern of educational experience. Plans of study that focus on work in a single department or follow an established interdisciplinary major are excluded from the interdisciplinary studies degree. Tough the bachelor’s degrees are not designed as vocational or pre-professional programs, students may wish to develop plans of study that will prepare them for graduate study in a specific subject or for teaching in secondary education