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| - | ====== Upper Division Honors in Physics ====== | ||
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| - | The Upper Division Honors Program in Physics is intended to supplement the | ||
| - | normal curriculum for particularly able and highly motivated upper division | ||
| - | physics majors. A major emphasis of the program is the involvement of honors | ||
| - | students in active research projects in the school. Such involvement can give | ||
| - | students experience in doing physics that a traditional classroom cannot. Honors | ||
| - | seminars in the Junior and Senior years include presentations which attempt to | ||
| - | illustrate the range of current physics research being conducted in the School, | ||
| - | the College, and local industry, and to prepare students for selecting graduate | ||
| - | schools. In addition, the seminars include student reports of their activities | ||
| - | in departmental research. | ||
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| - | Participation in the Upper Division Honors Program is open to all qualified | ||
| - | students; prior enrollment in IT's Lower Division Honors Program is not a | ||
| - | prerequisite. Completion of specified honors requirements in the upper division | ||
| - | leads to graduation with cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude degree | ||
| - | designations. General requirements are as follows: | ||
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| - | * For all three levels of honors, completion of a thesis describing independent and original work, which displays significant accomplishment in research or other scholarly activity. This thesis must be approved by the Physics Department. | ||
| - | * Completion of additional Honors Experiences, | ||
| - | * Upper-division GPA's of = 3.50 for cum laude, = 3.66 for magna cum laude, and = 3.75 for summa cum laude. These qualifying GPA's are based on grades obtained in a minimum of 60 semester credits completed while the student is enrolled in the upper division. | ||
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| - | Additional information may be obtained from the Director of Upper Division Honors in Physics. | ||