学院项目学者

In the spring of your junior year, you will indicate your interest in pursuing SOC status to Prof. 伊斯梅和你的顾问. Your proposal will need to establish the specific ways in which your project is eligible, which normally means you are proposing a more ambitious project than an ordinary honors thesis would entail. That might mean that you are planing a bigger project (with more research than is possible in a single academic year) or that you are proposing a new methodology or doing interdisciplinary research. 无论如何，你将在整个夏天认真地开始你的电子游戏正规平台.

1. 在你大四的夏末/初秋, your advisor needs to forward your SOC proposal along with their letter of support (detailing why this project qualifies for SOC consideration) to Prof. Ismay, who will then send it along to the Chair of the 历史系 for review. The chair will read your proposals/letters and determine if they should be forwarded with departmental approval to the dean. 如果是, the Chair will write a letter of support and send it up to the dean’s office along with your package. 这封信的截止日期是九月中旬, so do please ensure that your advisor has your proposal so that they can complete their letter of support.

2. 下一个, 马丁院长将审阅这些提案, 顾问的信, and chair’s letter along with an audit of your transcript to be sure you are still eligible for the honor (must have a 3.7 GPA和不完整等.). 他的批准意味着你可以追求SOC状态，而不是你拥有它. SOC指定只给实际项目，而不是提案.

3. 如果你的项目被院长批准了, you will be enrolled by Stacy Moulis into the 6-credit Advanced Independent 电子游戏正规平台 course, 这将取代你日程上的荣誉研讨会, 但你会留在荣誉研讨班. You will be dropping one of your current courses in order to accommodate the extra 3-credits.

1. 三月初, you will submit your nearly completed project to your advisor as well as to a second reader (someone who is “reasonably independent of the project and who have the appropriate expertise to judge the student's work"), 你的导师会帮你确定. Both your advisor and the second reader will read your nearly completed thesis and write letters. The 顾问的信 should assess the project and also say if the project is likely to be completed in time. The second reader will write a confidential report after reading the nearly completed thesis. These are nomination letters, indicating potential merit and successful completion. 完整的评估将在完成论文的审查之后进行. Both nomination letters should be sent directly to Dean Martin in Stokes S 112 by mid March.

2. 一旦院长办公室批准了您的SOC状态提名, 最后还有两个步骤. 首先，在毕业典礼上获得学院学者奖， 两本装订本 of the completed thesis should be submitted to the Associate Dean’s Office, Stokes 132 South, by 4月中旬, 2021. Second, your advisor’s evaluation and the second reader’s review must be submitted one week later. (Thesis submissions after Monday the third week of April cannot be considered for the Scholar of the College Award.)  

For specific dates for this year and details on the McCarthy prize, see the Dean’s description 在这里. 

麦卡锡奖

麦卡锡奖提名 

麦卡锡奖 are awarded at the Scholars Banquet for what are judged by the Dean of 莫大学 and the Dean’s McCarthy Prize Selection Committee as the best scholars’ project in the areas of the Natural Sciences, 社会科学和人文科学. Scholar of the College projects submitted by the April 15th deadline may be nominated by the advisor and the department chair for consideration as McCarthy Prize winners. Projects submitted after April 15th cannot be considered for the McCarthy Prize, but may still be submitted for consideration in Scholar of the College recognition until Monday April 26th.  

Final determination of the McCarthy Prizes is the responsibility of the Dean. The Dean’s Office will notify the registrar of those students who have been granted Scholar of the College recognition. This prestigious award will be noted on the student’s transcript and recognized at the Senior Awards Ceremony and in the Commencement brochure in May.

提交指引 & 评价 

To be considered for Scholar of the College recognition and for the McCarthy Prize, 项目最终完成版本的装订本两份. 

• 文本必须是必须是有约束的, 双倍行距, 有标题/封面, 致谢是可选的. 
• It must contain an abstract or introduction, a table of contents is optional. 
• It must be submitted to the Dean in Stokes 132 South no later than April 15th, 2021. 
• It must receive a final grade recommendation of A- or better from both the advisor and second reader as indicated in their evaluation letters.  

Projects accepted for Scholar of the College designation are expected to be well written, 好引用, and “publication ready” as one copy will be submitted to the 电子游戏软件 library and may be accessible to others. In addition, the student will be expected to have maintained their cumulative average of 3.整个大四学年有700人.

欲了解更多信息，请联系莫里西艺术学院 & 科学副院长办公室在斯托克斯132南，或(617)552-2800.