The concentration requirement provides the opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge in one academic discipline while developing and refining skills that will serve students in a wide array of academic and non-academic endeavors.

Students normally declare a concentration during the second term of the sophomore year. To declare a concentration, a student should contact the appropriate department and make an appointment with a concentration advisor. After developing a concentration plan with the student, the concentration advisor has the concentration entered on the student's record.

A student may change the concentration plan with the approval of the concentration advisor.

Students may change concentrations after meeting with a concentration advisor in a different department.

Concentration Policies

Rules pertaining to all concentrations in the College. Each A.B. or B.S. student must develop a concentration plan in consultation with a concentration advisor, who must also approve it.

Individual Concentration Program

Students with academic interests outside existing concentration programs may propose their own field of concentration and, on approval, elect the Individual Concentration Program which is described in Chapter VI.

Honors concentration

All departments and interdisciplinary programs offer Honors concentrations. At the beginning of the third year, students may apply to a departmental Honors Concentration Program.

Double Concentration

A student electing a double concentration must meet all requirements for both concentrations. Courses, including cognates, elected as part of one concentration plan may be used, when appropriate, to satisfy the requirements of the second concentration. Courses from one of the concentrations may be used toward distribution. Each concentration plan must be developed in consultation with and approved by a concentration advisor.

See "Graduation Procedures" below concerning double concentration graduation policies.

Second Concentration After Graduation

An LSA graduate wishing to add a second concentration may do so at any time by registering as a non-degree candidate. The second concentration is added to the student's existing transcript.

Second Bachelor's Degree

Individuals with a bachelor's degree who want to earn a second degree must obtain permission from the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

AB/BS Concentration Programs (alphabetical listing)

Students may choose a concentration from:

Afroamerican and African Studies
American Culture
Ancient Civilizations and Biblical Studies (ACABS)
Anthropology
Arabic, Armenian, Persian, Turkish and Islamic Studies (AAPTIS)
Arts and Ideas in the Humanities*
Asian Studies
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Biology
Biophysics
Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Sciences
Cell and Molecular Biology
Cell and Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering
Chemistry
Classical Archaeology
Classical Civilization
Classical Languages and Literatures
Communication Studies
Comparative Literature
Computer Science
Creative Writing and Literature*
Drama*
Earth Sciences
Earth Systems Science
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Economics
English
Environment
Environmental Geosciences
Evolutionary Anthropology
French and Francophone Studies
General Biology
Geological Sciences
German
Greek
Hebrew and Jewish Cultural Studies (HJCS)
History
History of Art
Individual Concentration Program
Informatics
Interdisciplinary Physics
International Studies
Italian
Judaic Studies
Latin
Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS)
Latino or Hispanic-American Studies
Linguistics
Mathematics
Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)
Microbiology
Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Modern Greek Studies
Music
Near Eastern Civilizations
Neuroscience
Oceanography
Organizational Studies
Philosophy
Physics
Plant Biology
Polish
Political Science
Psychology
Romance Languages and Literatures
Russian
Russian and East European Studies (REES)
Screen Arts and Cultures
Social Theory and Practice*
Sociology
Spanish
Statistics
Theatre and Drama
Women's Studies


*open only to Residential College students
 


**Pending approval by the Presidents' Council of the State Universities of Michigan