About Special Concentrations

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Concentration in a particular field is the means by which Harvard expects students to focus on a specific academic subject and study it in some depth. Special Concentrations exists for the student who wishes to meet special educational objectives that cannot be fulfilled within the confines of a regular department. The option of petitioning for a Special Concentration was established by the Faculty for the student whose academic interests cross departmental lines. Special Concentrations offers students the opportunity to design their own program of concentration with the advice and consent of various members of the faculty and administration. It is by no means intended to encourage students either to create a broad, unfocused concentration that could be described as "General Studies" or to avoid particular departmental requirements. In fact, it frequently increases the student's academic responsibilities as many interdisciplinary concentrations require more courses than do straight departmental concentrations.

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