Honors in the Department of English, Linguistics, and Communication
ELC Honors Policy
1) Eligibility: 3.7 GPA in the major (English or any special major in the department)
2) Honors Project: An "A" paper or project from an ELC seminar or individual study, with approval of the faculty member who supervised the paper or project. The faculty member may, at his or her discretion, require further work on a graded paper or project before approving it as an Honors Project. The faculty member may also turn down the student's request for approval of the paper as an Honors Project if the faculty member does not think it is worth Honors. Students intending to apply for honors should consult with the supervising faculty member no later than the day after spring break ends, Monday, March 8, 2010. (December graduates should consult by 10/14/09.)
3) Deadline for notification of intent to apply for Honors is three Fridays before the last Friday of classes. This academic year the deadline is April 2, 2010. Students should send an email to the Chair of the Honors Committee, Professor Gary Richards (grichard@umw.edu), with the subject heading "Intent to Apply for Honors" and should send a copy of this to the sponsoring faculty member. (December graduates should declare intent to apply by 11/13/09.)
4) No later than the last Friday of classes, April 23, 2010, students must submit an approval sheet signed by the sponsoring faculty member to the ELC Office Manager, Ms. Lula Fasold. The approval sheet is available for download here. It is important that students work closely with their sponsors throughout April to make sure that the paper is deemed worthy of honors by the sponsoring faculty member. (December graduates should submit the approval sheet by 12/4/09.)
5) After this date, students may edit their papers for typos, etc.; however, all work must be completed and the final project must be submitted no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 30, 2010. Students are encouraged to submit electronically (click here for instructions), but they may also give a paper copy to the ELC Office Manager, Ms. Fasold, before the final deadline. Ms. Fasold will prepare the required cover sheet for each submission and send it directly to the library. (December graduates should submit the final copy by 12/11/09.)
5) In addition, students must provide the following by April 30, 2010, in an e-mail to the Chair of the Events Committee, Professor Watkins (swatkins@umw.edu), with subject header "Honors Candidate."
(1) a 150-word abstract of their paper, the paper's title, the name of the sponsoring professor, and information on the course (discipline, course number, and name) or independent study for which the paper was written.
(2) A quality digital photograph. If you wish, you may make advance arrangements with Dr. Rao or Dr. Fallon to have your picture taken before you leave for "dead week."
The abstract and photo may be displayed at the ELS Reception for Graduating Seniors. (December graduates should submit the above by 12/11/09.)
adopted Fall 2003; revised.
Page last updated Nov. 19, 2009.