This paper describes a popular and innovative major program of study in speech communication at St. Cloud University in Minnesota: the Speech Communication Interdepartmental Major. The paper provides background on the program, discusses overall program requirements, presents sample student options, identifies ingredients for program success, discusses issues pertaining to program maintenance, and presents benefits of the program to both the student and the department. Appendixes include 4 sample interdepartmental major programs with their related career goals, 8 lists of suggestions for choosing 32 credits in fields outside speech communication (such as public relations, human services, or business) for the interdepartmental major, and a list of requirements for various speech communication majors and minors at St. Cloud University. (SR)