Departmental honors

To earn departmental honors in MJF, a student must graduate with a minimum overall GPA of 3.5, plus earn 8* points over four years through the following opportunities. Students may use any combination of activities to reach 8 points, but may not receive more than 4 points from any individual activity.

  • Serve as an Undergrad Assistant in an MJF course (2 points per semester; can earn up to 4 points total)
  • Serve as a Research Assistant to an MJF faculty member (2 points per semester; can earn up to 4 points total) 
  • Serve as a Production Assistant on an MJF faculty member project (2 points per semester; can earn up to 4 points total)
  • Complete an Honors College section of an MJF course or an Honors extension of a non-Honors MJF course (1 point) 
  • Take an active role in a student media organization supervised by MJF faculty or participate in PR Visions (1 points per semester; can earn up to 4 points) 
  • Complete a special honors project as part of a non-honors MJF course (2 points; can earn up to 4 points total) 
    • Such projects may include traditional thesis style research papers or a special media production such as a short documentary film, an ad campaign, podcast series, or piece of narrative, longform journalism
  • Complete a Summer Scholars project or other independent research project (3 points total) 
  • Participate in The Humanities Center Geoffrion Family Fellowship program (4 points for the year)
  • Present research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium or other conference setting (1 point) 
  • Participate in a Study Away program and complete a special project linked to the experience (Could earn up to 4 points; 2 for participating and 2 for completing the project) 

Though their academic advisors can help students move through this process, it will be the student’s responsibility to track their progress in the departmental honors program.

*For Prodesse Scholars to complete MJF Departmental Honors, two (2) of their points must come from one of the following experiences: 

  • Take an active role in a student media organization supervised by MJF faculty or participate in PR Visions (1 point per semester; can earn up to 4 points) 

OR

  • Complete a special honors project as part of a non-honors MJF course (2 points; can earn up to 4 points total) 
  • Prodesse Scholars may also earn 1 point from serving as an MJF Student Ambassador.