Graduation with Distinction
Students in the last semester of their junior year at Duke and who have
a minimum 3.5 department GPA and 3.3 overall may apply for graduation
with departmental distinction. To be eligible, students must apply in
writing to the program early in the Spring of their junior year. Include
in your letter the following: 1) a working title and brief description
of your thesis project and 2) the name of your principle advisor. (application)
Requirements for Art History: The Methods of Art History
Seminar or another 200-level seminar taken in the student's next to
last semester at Duke, completed with the minimum grade of A- and an
Independent Study paper written in the student's final semester at Duke.
If the student takes the Methods Seminar, the paper shall be written
on a subject of student/faculty determination. If the student takes
another 200-level seminar, the paper should represent the refinement
or pursuance of a topic within the same field as the seminar. The paper
will be read by three members of the faculty: the student's principal
adviser and two other readers. It must receive a minimum grade of A-
for the student to qualify for graduation with distinction.
Requirements for Visual Arts: In order to qualify for
the distinction project in Visual Art, the student must have taken at
least half of the courses towards the art major at Duke by the end of
the junior year. They also must have taken at least one upper level
course in the area of focus with their advisor for their project. The
student must have a well-defined project focused through an Independent
Study taken during the next to last semester at Duke. The project is
critiqued and evaluated monthly by all the Visual Arts faculty. The
results of the project are exhibited on campus at the end of their final
semester.
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