The department maintains a strong and active honors program. Junior and senior majors with at least a 3.0 average overall and in political science are urged to apply for the departmental honors program. Forms are available from the department secretary.
Honors students must take one Honors Seminar (50:790: 495,496) and write a thesis in conjunction with 50:790:394 Honors Research. In addition, honors students must take a second honors seminar or do research and readings as part of 50:790:347 Current Readings in Political Science. To graduate with honors, a student therefore must successfully complete three honors courses. Graduation with honors is recorded on a student`s transcript, and an award will be given each year to the student writing the best honors thesis.
Outstanding political science majors are eligible for induction into Pi Sigma Alpha, the political science national honor society. The department also annually bestows several Jack Marvin Weiner Memorial Awards and the Robert Packard Memorial Scholarship Award.
