Combining academic interests into a self-designed major... unlike anything else ever done. The highly acclaimed Whittier Scholars Program allows self-directed students to do just that. Approximately 12% of Whittier's students choose to self-design a major through the Whittier Scholars Program. Natalie Smyth is just one of those students. For her Whittier Scholars thesis project, she is tackling the question: "Is Hip-Hop Music a(n) (in)formal Education?"