THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION SCHOLARS PROGRAM IN
THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Advisory Committee: Mr. Pannapacker, director; Mr. Bandstra,
Mr. Dell’Olio,
Ms. Graham, Mr. Gruenler, Mr. Perovich, Ms. Heath,
Ms. Jacobsma, Ms.
Larsen,
Ms. Randel, Mr. Reynolds,
Ms. Robins, Ms.
Hernandez-Jarvis.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholars Program in the Arts
and Humanities promotes steady progress, in stages, toward a more
profound intellectual engagement with the disciplines, a greater
degree of responsibility for one’s own learning, and an
increasing level of autonomy in research and creative endeavors.
It develops critical thinkers who understand how to plan, develop,
and undertake a significant project of research or creative production,
and to carry it through to completion. It includes a significant
interdisciplinary component, encouraging both students and faculty
to cross the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines; teaches
students how to engage new technologies for scholarly and creative
production and communication; stimulates intellectual collaboration
with faculty members and fellow students; and prepares students
to embark on postgraduate study and to compete for national and
international scholarship and fellowship awards at the highest
levels.
Admission to the Andrew W. Mellon Scholars Program is competitive.
Applications from prospective “Mellon Scholars” are
solicited from first-year students at the beginning of the spring
semester; selected candidates are then interviewed by representatives
of the Mellon Scholars Committee, and admission to the program
is announced prior to fall registration.
The Mellon Scholars Program formally begins with the two-semester,
Interdisciplinary Seminar, taken in the sophomore year. Mellon
Scholars who continue to the junior year of the program work with
a faculty mentor to develop an intellectually coherent course
of study and complete a “junior project,” a significant
work of scholarship or creative performance grounded in academic
research that may serve as an example of the student’s capabilities
in applications for awards, graduate programs, and other opportunities.
Mellon Scholars who continue to the senior year of the program
work with a faculty member to produce a more substantial work,
a “senior project,” that will be presented at a conference
organized by the Mellon Scholars Program near the end of the senior
year at which prizes will be awarded. Throughout the program,
Mellon Scholars are expected to seek ways to adopt new and emerging
digital technologies for the development, dissemination, and preservation
of their work.
The Mellon Scholars Program also offers support for student-faculty
collaborative summer research projects, conference travel, and
other student-faculty development opportunities. For more information
about these opportunities and the program, please contact the
director or visit <www.hope.edu/academic/Mellon>.
COURSE OF STUDY:
The Mellon Scholars Program consists of 24 credits (8 credits
per year). In the first year of the program, the sophomore year,
students take 8 credits (4 credits each semester) of IDS 180-181,
the Interdisciplinary Seminars. Normally, participation in IDS
180 and IDS 181 confer Fine Arts I and Cultural Heritage II General
Education credits, respectively; however, students who have taken
courses for those credits in their first year may petition the
director for alternate arrangements. In the second year of the
program, continuing students take 8 credits (4 credits each semester),
of IDS 390, the Junior Tutorial and Project, for which they may
receive disciplinary credit by petition to the relevant department.
(Special arrangements are available for students engaged in off-campus
study programs.) Before spring registration in the junior year,
Mellon Scholars and their prospective faculty mentors are required
to submit a proposal for a “Senior Tutorial and Project”;
if approved by the Mellon Scholars Committee, the student takes
8 credits of IDS 590 (4 credits each semester) in the senior year.
Students may apply for departmental credit for IDS 590; however,
Mellon Scholars are expected to take more than the minimum required
courses in their major fields and may not substitute the IDS 590
for other departmental capstone courses. Participation in the
program is indicated by the “Mellon Scholars” designation
on academic transcripts.
INTERDISCIPLINARY SEMINAR IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
IDS 180 Mellon Scholars: Interdisciplinary Seminar I – This
seminar assumes the possession of the foundational tools of the
liberal arts: critical reading, analytical writing, and oral presentation,
among others. It seeks to help students further cultivate their
proficiency at the use of those tools and link them to the ability
to pursue scholarly research with the goal of equipping them to
undertake faculty-student collaborative projects. Oriented around
a theme (e.g., “Continuity and Change,” “Revolutions
and Revolutionaries”) by a head teacher from the arts or
humanities, the seminar will include a selection of guest professors
from Dance, English, Art, History, Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy,
Religion, and Theater. Four Credits, Fall Semester, Staff.
IDS 181 Mellon Scholars: Interdisciplinary Seminar II – This
seminar builds on IDS 180 and introduces the use of new and
emerging digital technologies in support of those tools. Oriented
around a theme by a head teacher from the arts or humanities,
the seminar will include a selection of guest professors from
Dance, English, Art, History, Modern Languages, Music, Philosophy,
Religion, and Theater. Four Credits, Spring Semester, Staff.
JUNIOR TUTORIAL AND PROJECT
IDS 390 Mellon Scholars: Junior Tutorial and Project – Meeting
regularly with a faculty mentor, students develop an intellectually
coherent course of study and complete a “junior project,” a
significant work of scholarship that may serve as an example of
the student’s capabilities in applications for awards, graduate
programs, and other opportunities. Students may petition for disciplinary
credit in the relevant department, and special arrangements are
available for students engaged in off-campus study programs. Four
Credits, Both Semesters, Staff.
SENIOR TUTORIAL AND PROJECT
IDS 590 Mellon Scholars: Senior Tutorial and Project – Working
with a faculty member (or more than one) on a topic approved by
the Mellon Scholars Committee, students produce a substantial
work of original scholarship to be presented at a conference organized
by the Mellon Scholars Program near the end of the academic year.
Students may petition for department credit, but IDS 590 may not
substitute for departmental capstone courses. Special arrangements
are available for students engaged in off-campus study programs.
Four Credits, Both Semesters, Staff.
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