Can I take a secondary field in a social science or history department and still concentrate in Social Studies?
Yes, as long as the secondary field is substantially different from your focus field in Social Studies. Harvard College allows only one course to overlap between the primary and secondary fields, and Social Studies counts all social science and history courses for concentration credit. But students can petition to “unconc” (not count) courses in one of these departments at the beginning of their senior year, as long as they are submitting a plan of study that does not overlap with these courses, and as long as the discipline or disciplines they are covering in their thesis does not overlap with the courses they seek to “unconc.” For example, a student who is writing on the political economy of Latin America, but has done significant coursework in history, can petition Social Studies to “unconc” a set of history courses, with the exception of one or more courses in Latin American history, which will count towards the focus field. But that student will not be allowed to “unconc” courses
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