Dear English Major and/ Minor: Please see below and attached to learn amore about the English Honors program. Sincerely, The English Department Klapper 607 718-997-4600 [like_us_on_facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/QCENGL> THE ENGLISH HONORS PROGRAM The Senior Year Experience If you meet the requirements, please consider looking into the English Honors program! The Honors Program offers a highly advantageous academic experience for qualified English majors, that is, students who are entering their senior year and have a 3.3 GPA and a 3.3 GPA in English. During the entirety of their senior year, Honors students are given the rare undergraduate opportunity to work together intensively in a small group. Students who meet the program standards are awarded Honors in English-a decided asset in any future endeavor, whether it be graduate study or a professional career. There are four essential program requirements: 1.) A two-semester Honors seminar 2.) A research project resulting in an original 20 pg. scholarly paper; 3.) An Honors examination 4.) Participation in a student conference. The fall semester of the Honors seminar is an intensive study of a particular topic, announced in advance of registration. For example, the 2015-16 Honors Seminar topic is "Beauty, Its Opposites, and Their Others," taught by Professor Seo-Young Chu. The spring semester focuses on completion of the research project started in the fall; preparation for and taking of the exam; and design of and participation in a student conference. For further information or to apply, please see the honors chairperson, Professor Jason Tougaw (Klapper 633), or email him at jason.tougaw@qc.cuny.edu<mailto:jason.tougaw@qc.cuny.edu>. Application forms are available in the English department office or via email from Professor Tougaw. He will do his best to answer any questions. On acceptance, space will be held for you in next year's seminar, for which you will register as usual during preregistration week. Note: Students must enroll in the first (fall) half of the Honors Seminar during the spring semester of their junior year; it is not possible to join the seminar in mid-course. Participation in the seminar satisfies two of the requirements for the English major: it substitutes for the required Senior Seminar and for one of the required Elective courses.
