New Brunswick Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Douglass College

Program name and description:     Douglass College Scholars Program Independent Research Opportunities. Students in the Douglass College Scholars Program, the Honors Program of Douglass College, may elect to participate in a variety of Independent Research courses. They work individually with a faculty advisor of their own choosing, who oversees the project and grades the final product. Between 1990 and 1996, 2 to 15 students have participated each semester.

Course number (if applicable):  06: 090 :Various        Credits:     3

Contact person:    Prof. Deirdre Kramer        Telephone:    932 9626    Ext.: 

Participants:   

Douglass Scholars: eligible for consideration on the basis of high school rank (90th percentile and above) plus SATs (combined score of 1270 or above as of 1996), membership in the James Dickson Carr Scholarship program (African-American or Puerto Rican scholars), the Minority Scholarship Program (other Latinas), the Presidential Scholarship Program (a University-wide merit award program), or outstanding first-year-of-college GPA (3.80 or above). Scholars must maintain 3.00, 3.20, 3.40, and 3.40 or better GPAs in each of their 4 years in college, respectively.

Student products:    

Paper. Some projects are presented at professional conferences and/or published in academic journals or publications.

Edited 9/20/96