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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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