Prototypes for Areas of Concentration

Requirements for the bachelor of arts (B.A.) degree from UMM consist of two parts: general education and the major. Students complete a major by fulfilling the requirements as specified in the UMM Catalog. Instead of a major, some students may choose to complete an area of concentration, which is an individualized, often interdisciplinary, group of courses that meets the requirement of study in depth of a specific field of knowledge.

Students who wish to complete an area of concentration must have the program approved by the appropriate faculty advisers, division chairs, and the vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean. A copy of the approved program must be filed with the Registrar's Office. Detailed procedures and forms are available from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean.

Worksheets for prototypes of several areas of concentration already given provisional approval by the dean are available from Academic Advising. Some examples of area of concentration prototypes are:

* Actuarial Science
* American Studies
* Animal Behavior
* Art Therapy
* Arts Administration
* Biostatistics
* Digital Media Studies
* Environmental Studies
* Forensic Science - Biochemistry emphasis
* Forensic Science - Biology emphasis
* Forensic Science - Chemistry emphasis
* International Studies
* Journalism
* Native American Studies
* Peace Studies
* Sports Management

Contact Adele Raymond, 589-6018, raymonda@morris.umn.edu, in the Dean's Office or Ginger Nohl, 589-6010, nohlgm@morris.umn.edu in the Academic Advising Office for more information.