The CCJS
Honors Program is a unique opportunity for undergraduate CCJS majors to
challenge themselves academically. The Honors Program is comprised of
small, interactive and rigorous courses taught by tenured faculty. CCJS
Departmental Honors courses are structured to enhance a student’s analytic skills, research capability, critical thinking, and writing ability.
Students
who participate in our Honors Program experience the following benefits:
- Smaller,
discussion-based classes with no more than 20 students
- One-on-one
interaction with CCJS tenured faculty members
- Ability
to conduct independent research on a topic of your interest in the
criminal justice field
- Ability
to develop and write your own thesis/research proposal and orally defend
it to a committee of faculty and graduate students
- A chance to stand out among roughly 850 other CCJS students when applying to internships, jobs, grad school, or law school
And
these bullet points are just a few examples of the MANY benefits that follow
from participating in our Honors Program. Students graduating from our
Honors Program receive an Honors citation on their diplomas and have the
opportunity to add a very unique experience to their resumes.
Admissions
Requirements:
Requirements
for admission into the CCJS Honors Program include:
- A
cumulative GPA of at least a 3.25
- A
minimum 3.40 GPA in all CCJS major coursework
- Satisfactory
completion of CCJS 100 and CCJS 105
- Students
must be a declared CCJS major
- Students
must present evidence of satisfactory writing
- At
least 3 full semesters remaining at the University of Maryland prior to
graduation
Meeting
all requirements does not guarantee admission. Only the top applicants
will be admitted into the CCJS Honors Program.
Additional
Information:
For
additional information about the honors program, including the structure and
required courses, please visit the CCJS website honors page at: http://www.ccjs.umd.edu/content/departmental-honors-program-0.
Application:
If
interested in applying to our Honors program, please complete the updated
Honors application on the CCJS website: http://www.ccjs.umd.edu/content/departmental-honors-program-0.
All application packets should be submitted to the CCJS Advising Office in 2201
LeFrak Hall. ***All applications are due Monday, July 1, 2013.***
