To be eligible for graduation with honors, departmental majors must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better in their major courses, and 3.25 overall. Students are admitted to the departmental honors program by selection of the honors committee. The honors project is two semesters in duration (3 credits in each semester) and may focus on either the language/linguistics or the literature/civilization of the Spanish/Portuguese/Catalan-speaking world. Prior to beginning an honors project in the language/linguistics option, the student must take 01:940:325 and three semesters of Spanish linguistics courses. One additional language/linguistics course and one additional 400-level course are required prior to graduation. Prior to beginning an honors project in the literature/civilization option, the student must take two courses numbered 01:940:331 through 336 and one 400-level literature course in Spanish other than independent study. Two additional 400-level literature/civilization courses are required prior to graduation. The student must present the honors project for an oral defense before a committee that is assembled by the project director in consultation with the candidate. Departmental honors are awarded to those students maintaining a grade-point average of 3.5 in the major and completing the requirements for the Henry Rutgers Honors Thesis, the Mabel Smith Douglass Honors Project, or the Paul Robeson Project. Interested students are encouraged to apply to the department toward the end of their junior year. More detailed information is available in the departmental office.
