What is the benefit of choosing a Concentration?

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I'm enrolled at Excelsior for the BS in Liberal Arts and I'm wondering what, if any, is the benefit of choosing an area of Concentration (Minor)? I was on the phone with my advisor yesterday and I asked him if I should choose an area of Concentration and he told me that if I took two more history exams, one being UL, I could have History as my area of Concentration. I need to take one additional UL exam to complete my requirement anyway, so he suggested Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union; and I'm thinking why not? I realize that the area of Concentration goes on your transcript and not your actual degree, but I'd like to know how this can help you?

Some of Excelsior's new majors offer an optional concentration, but I don't think that is the question here.

For an Area of Focus (like a minor - 15 LL and 6 UL) and since my plans for a major did not work out, it has been nice to get to mention it on applications for graduate school and scholarships.

Would another option be taking the history capstone course instead of the DSST and Liberal Arts capstone?