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华盛顿学期项目
The University offers semester-long internship programs in cooperation with the American University in Washington, DC. These programs combine academic courses with internship placements in legislative, 执行, 以及国会大厦的利益集团办公室. Students sometimes do a Washington internship semester as an alternative to study abroad. The academic requirements for participation are the same as those for study abroad (i.e., a 3.总绩点及专业绩点2).
联系
Students interested in the Washington Semester program should schedule an appointment with the 国际项目办公室 在Hovey House.
本科生电子游戏正规平台奖学金计划
The 本科生电子游戏正规平台奖学金s program enables students to gain firsthand experience in 学术 work by participating with a faculty member on a research project. 教师挑选学生, and students receive a monetary award based on the scope and duration of the project. Students do not receive academic credit for these fellowships; their value lies in the close mentoring relationship students can form while working with a faculty member. 所有全日制本科生均有资格. Fellowships are available for the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.
For more information on the program and application deadlines, consult the website for the 大学奖学金委员会 or inquire with faculty directly to express your interest in being involved in their research.
The department of 政治科学 has established its own Honors program to encourage and reward high academic achievement among its majors. 电子游戏软件 to the program is highly selective and by invitation from the department. Each year 15-20 政治科学 majors who have completed their Sophomore year are invited to join the Honors program. Selection is based primarily (but not exclusively) on their academic records within the major and overall. The Honors program seeks to provide additional opportunities for intellectual exchange and friendship, 在学生和教师之间. The department hopes that the spirit of the Honors program will in turn extend to all our classes and our students.
The department offers special 荣誉研讨会 on a variety of topics to members of the program. These are topics not ordinarily available in our course offerings, and they frequently focus on the special interests of faculty in important policy questions or intellectual puzzles. Members of the Honors program must take at least two 荣誉研讨会 during their Junior and Senior years, in addition to the ten courses (30 credits) otherwise required for the major. Students seeking to complete the Honors program and graduate with Honors must, 因此, take at least 12 政治科学 courses (36 credits) in all.
联系
For further information on the 政治科学 荣誉项目, contact Professor 迈克尔Hartney.
每学期有一次荣誉研讨会. The seminars are scheduled a year in advance so that students can plan their programs, especially important for Honors students who will be studying abroad for one or two semesters. These seminars are considered electives in the major; 因此 they do not exempt the student from the requirement of taking one course (three credits) in each of four sub-fields in 政治科学. The intention of these seminars is to provide a setting in which students who have shown their lively and nimble engagement with politics can come together with others who share their enthusiasm for the enjoyment and rewards of shared 学术 exploration.
As a culmination of the Honors program, members may write an 荣誉论文 during their senior year. 荣誉论文一般需要两个学期, for which students earn credit for two elective courses in the major (荣誉论文 I and II, 在目录中指定为POLI 4961和POLI 4962).
Students considering writing a thesis and those currently doing so should reference this comprehensive guide to writing a senior thesis, written by BC graduate students in consultation with 政治科学 department faculty: 如何写毕业论文
Students participating in the Honors program are eligible for one of three Honors designations when they graduate: Honors, 优异的成绩, 获得政治学最高荣誉. All members of the program who complete at least 12 courses in 政治科学, 包括两次荣誉研讨会, 有资格以优异成绩毕业吗, if they have sustained a record of academic excellence in the major. 选择写荣誉论文的项目成员, 并且成功地做到了, 是否有资格获得高级或最高荣誉.
In addition, each year at the University's Awards Ceremony, the department presents its Donald S. Carlisle Award to the graduating Senior in the Honors program who has attained the highest distinction.
The department celebrates the success of its graduating Honors students with a special Honors dinner and program each Spring, 邀请一位在公共服务领域有突出成就的演讲嘉宾.