Not excited by a traditional degree in business administration or biology? Well, design your own! Hampshire College has no formal majors. Instead, with guidance from your professors you choose and plan your own course of study.

　　对传统工商管理学位或生物学学位不感兴趣吗？那么就自己设计一个吧！罕布什尔学院没有正式专业，你将在自己选择的教授们的指导下选择并计划自己的学习课程。

　　Hampshire College started as an idea in 1958 when four college presidents got together to study traditional liberal arts education. What they came up with was a school that encouraged students to explore their own curiosities through “multidisciplinary” learning – meaning you learn about subjects you choose from many different angles. Sure, you could even study video games if you wanted. But don’t be fooled. It doesn’t mean you can just play video games for four years!

　　罕布什尔学院起源于1958年四位大学校长聚在一起商讨传统文科教育的时候产生的一个想法。那时他们想到可以建立一个鼓励学生通过“多学科”学习来发掘自己好奇心的学校。也就是说，你在其中可以从多个不同角度来研究所选科目。当然，如果喜欢的话，你甚至可以选择电脑游戏作为你的科目。但是可别天真地以为你可以把四年时间单单用在玩电脑游戏上哦！

　　Designing your own major might sound like a lot of work, but it’s a really organized process. When you start as a freshman, you register for classes and have homework just like any other school. But it changes quickly.

　　自己设计专业听起来似乎非常麻烦，但实际上这是个设计好的流程。作为一个新生，你注册班级，作家庭作业，这些都和其他学校并无二致。但是变化随即而来。

　　You earn a degree by completing three levels – called “Divisions” – of study. In your first three semesters – Division I – you explore your interests by taking eight different classes. Then you take some time to think about your interests, decide on a study focus (like a major), and develop a study plan.

　　要获得学位，你必须完成三个层次的学习，又称“三个阶段”。前面三个学期称第一阶段，在这一阶段中，你通过八门不同课程来探索你的兴趣。然后花一些时间对这些兴趣进行思考，再决定一个学习重点(类似于专业)，最后制定学习计划。

　　If you want to study video games, go ahead! In Division II, you’d explore the subject of video gaming through different classes (maybe computer science or psychology or a sociology class), independent study, internships, and field study.

　　如果你想研究电脑游戏这个科目，没问题！在第二阶段，你可以通过参加不同的课程(如计算机科学或心理学或社会学等)、独立学习、实习以及现场研究等方法来研究电脑游戏这个领域。

　　Division III is called Advanced Studies. It’s where you take what you’ve learned and apply it, completing a major independent study project. For example, one recent graduate studied whether or not recycled paper causes more printer jams than non-recycled for their Division III project. Interestingly, that student’s findings motivated Hampshire to change their school policy and start using one hundred percent recycled paper!

　　第三段称为高级学习阶段，在这个阶段，你将把所学的知识应用起来，完成一个独立的研究项目，这样就修完了你的专业。举例来说，一个刚毕业的大学生就曾对循环纸是否比非循环纸更容易使打印机发生障碍作过研究。有意思的是，他的发现促使罕布什尔学院改变了学校政策，开始使用百分之百的循环纸了！