I studied CS engineering at a fancy uni with a pretty strict curriculum.
One year I fancied going on an around the world trip on this program called "Semester ar Sea" (SAS) for a study abroad. This was explicitly out of scope for the curriculum and the dean vehemently roadblocked my request.
My school happened to have one of those design your own major options so I went in and wrote my own major that was something like "cse and international business" and designed the curriculum so that SAS was a perfect fit.
A few weeks later I pitched the dean and her staff on this "engineering with an international context" major and they LOVED it. She signed on the dotted line smiling and that's when I informed the room that I'd be doing Semester at Sea because it was a perfect fit.
Best of all, having a dean stamp of approval, my scholarship transferred over.
So I spent the next 9 months earning college credit living on a cruise ship with 500 other kids traveling literally around the planet. It was one of the best experiences of my life and I could fill a book with stories by the time I finally came home.
To this day I'm not sure if the dean was pissed or proud or both of me
One year I fancied going on an around the world trip on this program called "Semester ar Sea" (SAS) for a study abroad. This was explicitly out of scope for the curriculum and the dean vehemently roadblocked my request.
My school happened to have one of those design your own major options so I went in and wrote my own major that was something like "cse and international business" and designed the curriculum so that SAS was a perfect fit.
A few weeks later I pitched the dean and her staff on this "engineering with an international context" major and they LOVED it. She signed on the dotted line smiling and that's when I informed the room that I'd be doing Semester at Sea because it was a perfect fit.
Best of all, having a dean stamp of approval, my scholarship transferred over.
So I spent the next 9 months earning college credit living on a cruise ship with 500 other kids traveling literally around the planet. It was one of the best experiences of my life and I could fill a book with stories by the time I finally came home.
To this day I'm not sure if the dean was pissed or proud or both of me