Honors in Leadership Studies
The Jepson School offers a track that allows students with a proven academic record, intellectual initiative and scholarly drive to earn honors in leadership studies. The honors track provides students the opportunity to develop a research project on a particular question in the study of leadership and to spend a full academic year working on this project with a Jepson faculty member. Students are expected to engage in rigorous and original research that will enrich and complement their previous study of leadership and contribute to the academic community of the Jepson School. The deadline for this application is Oct. 1 of the student's junior year. See student research
To qualify, a student must be a leadership studies major, hold at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA and at least a 3.30 leadership studies GPA, and have earned a B or higher in at least four leadership studies courses. Students who meet these requirements are encouraged to apply, even if they are currently studying abroad or plan to study abroad in the spring.
Minors who are interested in the honors track must declare a major in leadership studies. Interested students are strongly encouraged to discuss their intent to pursue honors in leadership studies with their academic advisor, a potential faculty supervisor, or the associate dean for academic affairs. The application form is available for qualified juniors from the associate dean for academic affairs.
Once accepted to the honors track, in order to receive honors in leadership studies, a student must:
- enroll in LDST 399, Junior Honors Tutorial, for spring semester of junior year. (Students planning to study abroad during this semester may make alternate arrangements with the associate dean for academic affairs and relevant faculty members.) Completion of the Junior Honors Tutorial requires submission of a five-page proposal and preliminary biography, to be accepted by the course instructor and a Jepson faculty thesis supervisor.
- complete LDST 497 and 498, Senior Honors Thesis I and II, during senior year
- successfully submit one chapter, bibliography, and chapter-by-chapter outline of thesis to a faculty committee by the end of the fall semester of senior year
- successfully present completed thesis to a faculty committee by a deadline determined by the associate dean for academic affairs in April of senior year
- complete undergraduate program with at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA and at least a 3.30 leadership studies GPA
- complete all aspects of the standard Jepson curriculum. Note that LDST 399 is a .5 unit course. Not also that while both LDST 497 and LDST 498 count toward graduation, only one unit counts toward the advanced course (elective) requirement in the Jepson School. Financial support for expenses related to the senior honors project is available on a competitive basis through the Jepson School Student Affairs Committee.
For more information, contact Dr. Terry Price at 287-6088 or tprice@richmond.edu.