Honors Study Abroad - Honors Paper Guidelines/Procedures
Honors Paper Guidelines
In order to ensure that courses taken for Honors credit during study abroad programs
meet Honors Program requirements for rigor and scope, certain courses will require
an additional Honors paper. The paper should be an integral part of the student’s
exploration of the course material, and it should be undertaken as part of the semester’s
work rather than as an assignment tacked on at the end. Students should be aware of
this requirement at the time of registration. (See rubric of courses that require
the Honors paper.)
The Honors paper should meet these basic requirements:
- 10-14-page research paper
- Engages primary and secondary sources
- Articulates a clear argument
The paper should adhere to these basic guidelines as well as discipline-specific guidelines:
- English Department Guidelines
- History Department Guidelines
- Philosophy Department Guidelines
- Theology Department Guidelines
Timelines/Procedures
The paper must be read and graded (pass/fail) by a Loyola faculty member. The Assistant
Director of the Honors Program will help students identify an appropriate Loyola faculty
member, based upon the course being taken and the student’s ideas about what topic(s)
she or he might wish to explore.
Once the faculty member has been identified, the student should be in touch with the
Loyola professor to determine a suitable topic. This topic must be agreed upon by
the student and the reader no later than the mid-point in the Study Abroad program.
(The Honors Program highly recommends that the topic be chosen as soon as possible.)
The paper must be submitted to the Office of International Programs (OIP) and the
Loyola faculty reader by the time the Immersion Research Project is due to OIP (within
30 days of the last day of the program). The student is responsible for timely communication
with the Loyola faculty reader. If revisions of the paper are necessary, the student
must resubmit the paper with requested revisions within 2 weeks of the response by
the Loyola reader.
If a paper (or the requested revision) is not completed on time, or if the paper is
not ultimately given a passing grade, the course cannot count for Honors and becomes
an elective.
Courses that Require the Honors Paper
Courses taken abroad are given an equivalency by the Loyola department in which they
will count. The list below refers to the course number assigned by the Loyola department.
The table below details courses that require the Honors Paper in order to count as
the second core Humanities course in HN:
Department | HN paper required | HN paper NOT required |
---|---|---|
History | Any 300 level course | Any course 410 or above |
English/Literature | Any 200 level course | Any 300 level course |
Philosophy | Any 200 level course | Any course 321 or above* |
Theology | Any 200 level course | Any course 321 or above* |
*cannot be a Logic or Ethics course
Deadlines
Dec. 15: Early Action deadline for the Honors ProgramFeb. 15: Regular Decision deadline for the Honors Program