Following through on a campaign promise, Undergraduate Council President Paul A. Gusmorino '02 presented his idea for a guide to concentrations to the College's Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) yesterday.

Members of the committee, who publish the popular CUE guide to courses, responded warmly to the idea, which Gusmorino said would provide quick answers to students' basic concerns about concentrations.

The online guide would include information on choosing a concentration, links to the CUE Guide, a calendar of important dates, comments from students in each department and possible plans of study for concentrators. The guide would be geared to first-years trying to pick a concentration, although it would include resources--like professors' office hours--for students already in the department.

Dean of Undergraduate Education Susan G. Pederson '82 said her office saw the idea as "probably do-able in some form."

"[The guide is] something that should exist already," she said.

Pederson said a possible staffing increase in the undergraduate education office would alleviate much of the burden the new guide would place on the office.

Head tutors from several concentrations who attended the meeting responded favorably overall, although they said they had some reservations that the site would drain their resources away from teaching and meeting with students.

Gusmorino's proposal includes an online discussion forum for each concentration where tutors would answer student questions and maintain a "frequently asked question" page.