Special Concentrations
Faculty of the Committee on Degrees in Special Concentrations
Anthony G. Oettinger, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mathematics and Professor of Information Resources Policy (Chair)
Allan M. Brandt, Professor of the History of Science (FAS) and Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine (Medical School)
Peter Buck, Senior Lecturer on the History of Science
Deborah D. Foster, Senior Lecturer on Folklore and Mythology (Director of Undergraduate Studies)
Robert Kiely, Harvard College Professor and the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English
Stephen M. Kosslyn, John Lindsley Professor of Psychology
Arthur L. Loeb, Senior Lecturer on Visual and Environmental Studies
Robb Moss, Rudolf Arnheim Lecturer on Filmmaking (on leave spring term)
Sandra Naddaff, Senior Lecturer on Literature
Peter P. Rogers, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering
Otto T. Solbrig, Bussey Professor of Biology, Acting Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Philip Stone, Professor of Psychology (on leave 2000-01)
Richard Wolf, Assistant Professor of Music
Application forms and information on completing petitions for Special Concentrations may be obtained from the Committee’s office, University Hall B-2.
Primarily for Undergraduates
*Special Concentrations 91r. Supervised Reading and Research
Catalog Number: 2815
Deborah D. Foster and members of the Committee
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Open to Special Concentrations concentrators who wish to pursue supervised study for graded credit in an area not covered by courses currently offered by regular Departments and Committees. Students must secure the written approval of the faculty member with whom they wish to study and the signature of the Faculty Adviser and the Director of Undergraduate Studies of Special Concentrations.
*Special Concentrations 96r. Senior Projects
Catalog Number: 0829
Deborah D. Foster and members of the Committee
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Designed for seniors in their final semester completing their senior project to meet the Basic (rather than Honors) requirements for concentration. May be repeated with the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the Faculty Adviser. Students must secure the written approval of the faculty member with whom they wish to study and the signature of the Faculty Adviser and the Director of Undergraduate Studies of Special Concentrations.
*Special Concentrations 97r. Tutorial — Sophomore Year
Catalog Number: 2660
Deborah D. Foster and members of the Committee
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Ordinarily taken by honors sophomores.
*Special Concentrations 98r. Tutorial — Junior Year
Catalog Number: 2497
Deborah D. Foster and members of the Committee
Half course (fall term; repeated spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Note: Successful completion two terms of *Special Concentrations 98r are ordinarily required of all honors concentrators in their junior year. Exceptions to this can only be granted with the consent of the Faculty Adviser and the Director of Undergraduate Studies of Special Concentrations.
*Special Concentrations 99. Tutorial — Senior Year
Catalog Number: 3294
Deborah D. Foster and members of the Committee
Full course. Hours to be arranged.
Note: Ordinarily taken by honors seniors as a full course. Either half year may be taken as a half course only with the consent of the Faculty Adviser and the Director of Undergraduate Studies of Special Concentrations. Graded SAT/UNS.