For more information on the Core, see our Curriculum pages. The concentration , or major, allows students to investigate a particular discipline in depth. Requirements for the concentration vary by department, but most specify that students complete between 9 and 13 courses. Chicago offers more than forty areas of specialized study, including programs in which students design their own concentrations. For more information, see the Concentrations pages.
Elective courses make up the third curricular component at Chicago and serve a variety of purposes.
In addition to the broad spectrum of college course offerings, undergraduates can and often do take graduate level courses either to satisfy concentration requirements or as electives.