Honors in International Affairs
Students, please note: In order to take IAFS 4800,
you must complete the honors application below and submit
it to UCLB A5 for the IAFS Honors director, Vicki Hunter.
The deadline to turn in this application for the 2008-09
honors class is Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 4pm. After
March 20, you may still submit an application, but you
may not know if you have been accepted to the IAFS honors
program by your fall registration date. If there are spaces
left in the class, applications will be considered until
August 1, 2008.
IAFS
Honors Application (pdf)
How to calculate
IAFS GPA (required for honors application)
Students in the International Affairs Program who have
demonstrated a superior competence in the field have the
opportunity of graduating with departmental honors. There
are three grades of honors: cum laude, magna cum laude,
and summa cum laude. Honors are awarded by the University
Honors Council on the basis of: overall academic record,
performance in the writing of an honors thesis, and performance
in a one-hour oral exam.
IAFS
Honors Program - 2008-09 (pdf)
IAFS
Honors Program - 2007-08 (pdf)
Honors
course outline (pdf)
IAFS
Honors standards (pdf)
Qualifications
Candidates for honors in International Affairs must have
achieved at least an overall cumulative grade point average
of 3.3 and a 3.4 grade point average in International Affairs
courses.
Honors Seminar
Students pursuing honors in International Affairs will be
required to complete the honors in International Affairs
seminar in the Fall semester and thesis writing class in
the Spring semester. The seminar, IAFS 4800, will be offered
each Fall semester. You need not take the seminar and/or
write the honors thesis in the year that you graduate. For
example, if you are planning to graduate in December it
is advisable to take the honors seminar and write the thesis
the year before you graduate. This seminar will fulfill
the critical thinking requirement for the Arts and Sciences
Core.
During the Spring semester following your enrollment in
the honors seminar, you are required to enroll in a thesis
writing class. The three credits gained from this will qualify
as three credit hours towards your geographic area of concentration
if the thesis topic is relevant to your area. Please see
IAFS office in Ketchum 4 for enrollment procedures.
Honors Program Office
Interested students should contact the Honors Program Office
located in Norlin M400. The program may also be reached
at 303-492-6617. The honors program office will be able
to provide you with the application form and a schedule
of activities for the semester in which you plan to apply
for honors.
Thesis and Oral Exam
As noted above, each candidate for International Affairs
departmental honors must complete an honors thesis written
in close consultation with a faculty member whose primary
role is thesis advisor. A one-hour oral exam is also administered
by a three member faculty committee consisting of the thesis
advisor, a member of the Committee on International Affairs,
and at least one other professor.
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