Academics

Overview of Concentration Requirements

Requires Application:
 Yes

Number of Required Courses: 
14 courses for non-honors (56 credits); 16 for honors (64 credits)

Honors Option:
 Yes (thesis and junior tutorials are required for honors.)


Joint Concentration Option:
 No

Double Concentration Option: No

Secondary Field: 
Not offered. Students in Special Concentrations may pursue a secondary field of their choosing. 

Tutorials:


  • Sophomore (optional)
  • Junior (two semesters required for honors candidates)
  • Senior (one semester required for non-honors, two for honors)


Tracks:
 None

Language Required by Dept:
 Not required

Basic Requirements
 

As each Special Concentrator's program is unique, there are very few basic requirements which apply to all students in the concentration. Each concentrator's individual Plan of Study is approved as part of the process of admission to the concentration.

Non-honors concentrators must take 14 courses in their concentration. The only required course is Special Concentrations 96r, a senior capstone project taken during the student's final year.  The 13 remaining courses are approved as part of thei student's application to the program. 

Honors concentrators must take 16 courses in the concentration.  Two semesters of junior tutorial, Special Concentrations 98r, are ordinarily required of all honors candidates, although an appropriate course may be substituted if approved during the application process. During the senior year, honors candidates must enroll in two semesters of Special Concentrations 99 and produce a thesis or its equivalent.  The 12 remaining courses are approved as part of thei student's application to the program. 

If there is a substitution of courses for more than 25 percent of the original courses proposed and a clear change in focus (e.g. from Caribbean Studies to Mediterranean Studies), the program must be reviewed by the Standing Committee on Special Concentrations. All individual substitutions or changes in courses to be counted for the concentration must be approved by the individual's Faculty Adviser and by the Director of Studies. Any special requirement for a Special Concentration is established at the time the original Plan of Study is approved.

All courses counted for concentration must be taken for a letter grade, with the exception of SPC-CONC 99a and 99b or an appropriate Freshman Seminar, which may be counted toward their concentration with the permission of the Committee. Each letter-graded course for concentration must be passed with a grade of C or higher.

Toward the end of their final semester, all Special Concentrators, both honors and non-honors candidates, must take a three-hour written, or one-hour oral general examination on the totality of their concentration (please see section on General Exams).