Concentration Requirements
Social Studies 10
Social Studies 98
Thematic Courses
Social Studies 99
Economics
Statistics & Quantitative Reasoning
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Related Courses
Senior Oral Examinations
Courses that Automatically Count in Social Studies
FOCUS FIELD COURSES
The remainder of each student’s required coursework in Social Studies will consist of a focus field designed by the student and approved by the student’s academic advisor and the Social Studies Board of Instruction. Students will be required to file an advisor-approved plan of study with the Board of Instruction by October 15th of their junior year. Members of the Board of Instruction will review this plan and may request revisions; students must have an approved plan on file by December 1st of their junior year. Students will be allowed to make changes to these plans, and will be asked to file their updated plan of study by October 15th of their senior year; the updated plan must be approved by December 1st. [Please note that these dates will be different once the new Harvard calendar is in place in 2009-10] Students who study abroad in the fall of their junior year or who take a semester off will file their plans of study in the spring term.
The focus field must include a minimum of four half-courses, normally drawn from at least two social science departments and including at least one half-course on an historical topic. Students may petition to include social science courses given in non-social science departments.