In all cases, it will count toward the required concentration hours. Students planning to take AC 489 will meet with the concentration advisor early in the first term of their senior year to ensure that the essay is planned and written on a regular schedule. Essays will be due in the program office in late March. Requirements beyond this vary for the different tracks. Only the faculty member responsible for a track may sign a concentration release form for a student in that track.
Cognate requirements vary with each subject-oriented track.
Students will be urged but not necessarily required to take at least one advanced course apiece in History, Literature and the Arts, and Social Sciences. It is expected that all concentrators will study American culture from the perspective of at least two disciplines. Advisors will discuss interdisciplinary approaches with students when appropriate. Qualified students may enter an Honors concentration. Students who apply for the Honors program should submit a 150-word statement of intent to the Director, plus a tentative list of proposed courses.