Law, Letters, and Society at UChicago

@BrianBoiler Could be mistaken but fundamentals might be exactly the undergraduate version of “committee on social thought” mentioned earlier. There is no pre-determined structure but there could well be one on the individual level. In fact, I’d bet on it. This major is not for everyone. It’s 1500 units so by no means “light” And requires a lot of self directed study and self-discipline to stay on track. My guess is that it’s for somebody who wants to do serious intellectual pursuit of a topic that doesn’t quite fit into the constraints of a conventional major or even an interdisciplinary one.The person we know who did something like this went on to get several academic graduate degrees including a PhD. Your student might want to have a heart to heart discussion with a potential major advisor about pursuing this course of study.For the right type of student it’s probably a “dream come true”. Given the maturity level needed to pursue something like this as well as the heavy amount of reading and writing it’s probably a great major if one is applying to law school later on. But that’s just a guess.