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CENTENNIAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Centennial Scholars
Program
330 Milbank
854-6146
www.barnard.edu/centschl
This program is supervised by the Directors:
Directors: Elizabeth Castelli, Professor of Religion; Timothy Halpin-Healy, Professor of Physics
CS Faculty Assistant: Kathryn McLean
For a complete list of
faculty on leave see:
http://www.barnard.edu/provost/facleavelist.html
The Centennial Scholars Program offers students of outstanding achievement and ability an opportunity to engage in challenging independent projects tailored to their individual interests. Supplementing the regular Barnard curriculum, the Program enables Centennial Scholars to pursue individual objectives in specialized areas with the assistance of mentors, chosen in consultation with the Centennial Scholars Program Directors.
Admission to the Centennial Scholars Program is based on evidence of intellectual creativity and advanced academic preparation. While roughly half of the students in the Centennial Scholars Program are selected at the time of their admission to the College, the Program is also accessible to first-year students who distinguish themselves during their first year at the College. The application process, initiated by the First-Year Dean's Office following Spring Break, involves: i) a mini project proposal; ii) a graded essay; and iii) a recommendation letter written on the student's behalf by a Barnard College/Columbia University professor. These items are due in the Dean's Office by April 15. Students advancing beyond the first stage of this selection process are invited for: iv) a short interview during the Spring Term pre-exam Reading Period. Results are then announced during the first week of May. Each Centennial Scholars class year is limited to fifteen students total.
The Centennial Scholars Program confers a maximum of 18.5 points of credit toward the degree. In the spring of the student's sophomore year, she enrolls in CTSC BC1899y-Working with Ideas, 4.5pts, an interdisciplinary course designed to lay the foundation for the core of the program, which is an extended apprenticeship with her mentor(s). Her Centennial Scholars Project may extend over 2-3 semesters (typically, but not necessarily, starting Spring Term, Junior Year), and may include a summer to accommodate travel or other particular needs. During semesters that she is actively engaged with a mentor, the Centennial Scholar enrolls in successive versions of the Apprenticeship course, CTSC BC3501, 4.0pts.
The Program culminates in a Centennial Scholars Symposium devoted to the public presentation of the Centennial Scholars Project in the term of completion. All Centennial Scholars Seniors enroll in CTSC BC3597/8-Presentation Seminar, 1.0pt, both fall & spring semesters. Public presentations are usually given anytime from mid-March through late April, though off-sequence students often hold their Centennial Scholars Symposium in December. Dinner lectures, outings to museums, concerts, artists' studios, research laboratories & similar activities are additional features of the Centennial Scholars Program; these are especially organized for Scholars in the semesters preceding their sophomore seminar.