It’s actually sort of fun to do. If you happen to be in college and want to major in a particular study, but the college doesn’t offer it, you might be lucky to find that the college has the option to build your own major. Some institutions might call it an “interdisciplinary study.”
It’s healthy to do for the sake of discovery, invention, innovation, and imagination. If you have a passion for something, bring it up to your college and see what they say. More often than not, they’ll grant your interdisciplinary study; and once you’ve graduated, you have the freedom to call it exactly what you want.
For instance: take Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. If you look at their curriculum, you’ll notice quite surprisingly that there’s no major for Youth Ministry available. There’s no argument here: youth pastors show up everywhere in churches, so it would stand to reason that youth ministry is a valid profession that requires an accredited degree. So this is what you do:
You set up an interdisciplinary study in these disciplines: religion, child development, and psychology. Your major would then be an “interdisciplinary study in religious and psychological child development” or something like that! Yes, it’s a long title; but as long as your academic counselor approves the proposed requirements, you’re good. When you graduate, you’d just call it a Bachelor’s Degree in Youth Ministry.
There are plenty of other possibilities, some which are probably even more creative. It’s a wonderful tool for diversifying the workforce.