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Majors
who have completed at least two quarters of the junior year
with a minimum GPA of 3.5 (overall and in the major) may
apply for admission to the Honors Program.
The application includes:
1)
An application form available from the
Department office
2)
A prospectus (2-3 pages) with proposed reading
list for the thesis. (Examples of the prospectus format and reading
list are available in the Department of English main office.)
3)A
statement of sponsorship from the faculty member who will
supervise and evaluate the project.
(This can be submitted as part of the application
form or separately.)
4) A
letter of recommendation from a faculty member who is
familiar with your work |
Applications
for the Program must be submitted before the quarter in which the honors
project is to begin. For
specific dates, contact the undergraduate staff advisor, Ann Wainwright . The prospectus should clearly indicate the
area of your proposed study, the problems you wish to solve, and the methodology you will use to solve them.
The undergraduate staff advisor will notify applicants
of their acceptance after the Undergraduate Committee has
reviewed
their applications. If
your project requires financial support, you may wish to contact
the Undergraduate
Research and Creative Activities (URCA) office
for information on undergraduate fellowships and scholarships.The
URCA office telephone number is (805) 893-2319 and the email
address is urca@ltsc.ucsb.edu.
The
English Honors Program comprises two related courses (4 credits
each) taken in two consecutive quarters during the senior year,
preferably fall and winter. The first course is an independent
study (English 199). In
the independent study, with the guidance of your sponsor, you
complete a substantial portion of the required research and
submit for formal evaluation some part of the thesis or creative
work. The second course
is Honors English (English 196), during which you complete the
honors project. Each
of these courses may be used to satisfy an upper-division English
elective, but they may not be used to satisfy the English 197
upper division seminar requirement.
You
finish the English Honors Program by submitting to your faculty
sponsor a substantial, sustained piece of critical or creative
writing of about 50 pages in length.
This project is to be typed in a form declared suitable
by the department, and will be retained in the department archives. A sample format for the thesis is available
in the English Department.
Honors
projects are due no later than the last day of classes in the
quarter you enroll in English 196. Successful completion of the Honors project carries the designation
of “Distinction in the Major” if a student: 1) attains a GPA
of 3.5 overall in the English Honors Program and 2) maintains
a GPA of 3.5 in English (in the overall major and the upper
division). For exceptional
work the Undergraduate Committee may recommend additional department
recognition of “Special
Distinction.” |
