Charter Oak State College

[Jonathan Whatley]

Cons: I don't like the fact that the degree is a "Concentration" rather than a major, but if you're not listing it on your resume, who will know? Also, what happens if someone finds out? You just say that COSC does concentrations instead of majors. End of discussion - no one cares. And if they do care about this, then they probably care more that you didn't go to a big name U.

• And here's a big name U that follows the same style, describing disciplines of focus at the bachelor's level not as majors but as "concentrations:" Harvard College.

Hee: "more than 40 undergraduate fields of study called 'concentrations,' many of which are interdisciplinary.… Each student’s program is individualized. There is no freshman program; students make their own decisions about the level and pace at which to start their undergraduate study." Almost sounds as if they're trying to imitate Charter Oak.

• Charter Oak itself describes them as "Concentrations (Majors)" in the page title here: Concentrations (Majors) and Fields of Study.