{"id":10080,"date":"2026-03-09T13:33:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/?page_id=10080"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:33:35","slug":"major","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/colleges\/liberal-arts\/individualized-studies\/major\/","title":{"rendered":"Individualized Studies Major"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Students can pursue an Individualized Studies Bachelor of Arts degree or a minor. All Individualized Studies majors and minors are required to complete INDS 300: Academic Planning & Career Foundations<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is recommended that students take this course during their first semester as an Individualized Studies student. Additionally, all Individualized Studies majors are required to complete INDS 495: Capstone Seminar<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more with the\u00a0Individualized Studies Program Student Handbook<\/a>\u00a0(PDF).<\/p>\n\n\n \n

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Dual Degrees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Students wishing to complete two degrees at the same time, such as Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science, must complete a minimum of an additional 30 semester hours more than the required 120-128 credit hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students must also complete all major requirements under both degrees, including separate minors if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n \n

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Dual Majors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If a student is completing a dual major with Individualized Studies, no more than 12 credits may be duplicated between the majors.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Contact the Individualized Studies Program<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
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\n Trent Dernbach\n <\/div>\n
\n WSU-Rochester Student & Campus Services\n <\/div>\n
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507.280.5079<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n Email Trent Dernbach<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Tammy Reed\n <\/div>\n
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Somsen 209C<\/p>\n

507.457.5138<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n Email Tammy Reed<\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Individualized Studies, students can prepare themselves for the unique career of their dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":10074,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[352],"class_list":["post-10080","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-individualized-studies","tag-legacy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10080"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17738,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10080\/revisions\/17738"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}