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Honors Application
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Honors
Program
QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum cumulative GPA -- 3.30
- Declared major in French
- Prerequisite course work – at least five courses which
count toward the declared concentration in French, including
at least one course in an area directly related to the subject
of the honors project
- Study abroad in progress or completed by the date of application
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
- Students should apply during spring term of the junior year.
Students on study abroad may have an extension of the application
deadline to Friday at the end of the second week of fall term
of their senior year.
- Students should fill out the application form for department
honors with the signature of the adviser for their honors project.
Proposals for honors projects will be reviewed by departmental
faculty before they are approved by the department chair. Each
application will include a working title for the project and
a project proposal about two pages in length and a one page
bibliography
WHAT IS AN HONORS PROJECT IN FRENCH AND HOW DOES
IT
DIFFER FROM A SENIOR PROJECT
An honors project in French may take many forms.
- A substantial paper of original research written in French.
The paper should be a minimum of 40 pages in length.
- An annotated translation of a yet untranslated novel, a series
of short stories, poetry or an expository work of prose with
an introduction, including comments about the problems of translation
and how they were resolved.
- An honors project differs from a senior capstone project by
its length and the original nature of the final project.
NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT PROJECT CREDITS
- Students may take up to six independent credits to complete
the honors project
DEADLINES
- Application deadline – Friday of the third week in
April of the junior year. For juniors on study abroad –
Friday of the second week of fall term of senior year.
- Students should make a report to their adviser at least twice
during fall semester. During the second to the last week of
fall semester the adviser should meet with the student to make
a clear progress evaluation and set a schedule for the completion
of the work. This written evaluation should be filed with the
department chair by Friday of that week.
- Progress will be reviewed by the adviser during the second
week of spring semester. At that time an evaluation will be
made as to whether the student should continue. This evaluation
will be made by the adviser and will be based on the amount
and quality of the work completed. This evaluation should be
made in writing to the department chair. The same form asks
for proposed names for an examining committee and a proposed
date for the honors exam.
- The honors certificate form signed by the examining committee
must be filed with the department chair by Friday of the third
week of April (around April 23). The final oral examination
must be completed by that date, but it is recommended that the
honors exam take place several weeks before that date to allow
time for small revisions in the project. The final written project
should be given to the examining committee at least seven but
preferably ten days before the date of the honors exam.
FINAL EXAMINATION
- The examining committee for the final evaluation of the honors
project will include one member of the French Department, in
addition to the adviser, and an outside examiner, either someone
for another department at Macalester or from another college.
The evaluation will include evaluation of the completed written
project and an oral exam on the project.
PROJECTS MAY BE SUBMITTED TO THE LIBRARY
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