{"id":1311,"date":"2024-04-22T11:05:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/?page_id=1311"},"modified":"2024-12-25T18:03:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T02:03:19","slug":"honors-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/mdes\/honors-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Candidates for the BA in Middle East Studies may receive a designation on their transcripts of departmental honors. Admission to the honors program is required.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Prerequisites:<\/i><\/b>\u00a03.33 overall GPA; 3.5 GPA or better in courses in the major; a minimum grade of B+ in\u00a0<u><a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=12&amp;poid=12778#tt5019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"false\">HIST 180 or MDES 201<\/a><\/u>; completion of at least one upper-level MDES course (400 level) requiring a seminar paper, at the time of admission; and submission of an application form to the MDES undergraduate faculty adviser. Prior approval of the thesis adviser and\/or department chair is required for any modification of these requirements.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Required for departmental honors:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0The student must maintain the GPA requirements stated above and successfully complete\u00a0<u><a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=12&amp;poid=12778#tt930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\" aria-hidden=\"false\">MDES 475<\/a><\/u>\u00a0or the\u00a0<u><a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=12&amp;poid=12778#tt3416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\" aria-hidden=\"false\">MDES 492<\/a><\/u>\u00a0Honors Thesis. In semesters when\u00a0<u><a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=12&amp;poid=12778#tt1813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"4\" aria-hidden=\"false\">MDES 475<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and\u00a0<u><a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=12&amp;poid=12778#tt2802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"5\" aria-hidden=\"false\">MDES 492<\/a><\/u>\u00a0are not offered, students may, with department approval, substitute\u00a0<u><a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=12&amp;poid=12778#tt4819\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"6\" aria-hidden=\"false\">MDES 490<\/a><\/u>\u00a0(independent study) as constituting an honors seminar equivalent.<\/p>\n<p><a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/catalogue.usc.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=12&amp;poid=12778\" aria-hidden=\"false\">Find more information here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":457,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1311","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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