Departmental Policy for Honors in SIP and Honors in Department

Honors in the Senior Integrated Project (SIP): For a student to receive honors in the SIP, the student must meet the following requirements:

The completed SIP must be submitted by the first day of the quarter following the SIP enrollment; and the revised SIP
must be submitted by fourth week of the quarter following the designated SIP quarter.

The SIP Advisor as well as one other faculty reader must be in agreement that the SIP merits honors. (Note: If the SIP is a
Political Science SIP, then the second reader must be from the Political Science Department; If the SIP is an interdisciplinary SIP, then the second reader can come from outside the Political Science Department).

Honors in the Department of Political Science: For a graduating major to be granted honors in the Department of Political Science, the student must meet at least two of the following requirements:

  • A grade point average of at least 3.5 in Political Science courses, and an overall grade point average of 3.0
  • A grade of “honors” in the comprehensive exam
  • A grade of “honors” in the Senior Integrated Project, of which at least one unit must be completed in Political Science.