All participants will receive a small scholarship. Freshmen and sophomores with a grade point average of 3.25 or better apply for admission to the program in the spring semester. Applications are reviewed by a faculty committee, and approximately 15 students are admitted each year. The Colloquium involves flexible courses of study designed in consultation with the students in the course. Juniors planning to do a senior honors project apply by submitting a project proposal in the spring semester, which must be approved by a faculty advisor and the directors of the Intensified Studies Program.
Seniors earn three to five hours of credit per semester for the two-semester research project.
Completed projects are evaluated by the advising professor and the program directors.