Gabriel,
Professors have a vested interest in keeping things as they are.
Their lives are easy. They don’t have to teach too much and they get to do their research. The “better” the university you attend, the more professors act this way. The system does not reward top professors for teaching, so why should they care? Some do, of course, but none care all that much, at least not so much that they would willingly teach a lot more courses, for example.
I gather you are in a German university, and I can’t say I know all that much about them. When I was paying attention to them they were way more rigid than American universities, so good luck with that. The good news is that I have begun to work with a Spanish university that does get it and will soon be offering story centered curricula at the Master’s degree level.
Here is what to do if you are enrolled in a good U.S. university. It will work some of the time:
Immediately declare that you want to major in something that does not exist as a major. There is usually a procedure for doing this. The university will convene a committee to design your special curriculum. Ask them to include as many “reading courses” as possible. Typically they will ask you to suggest the readings. Then, you can design anything you want to do, including projects, and no one will really care. Further you can expect faculty to help you do it. Avoid all introductory courses, and insist only on taking seminars in your course of study.
This is the best I can offer until we have more story-centered curricula available online, which will be soon.
Good luck,
Roger | 
