courses of instruction - Lafayette College

SENIOR II
FALL
Electrical & Computer Engineering 491
Electrical & Computer Engineering or
Computer Science Elective
SPRING
Electrical & Computer Engineering 492
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Elective
Descriptions for engineering courses are
found on pp. 86-106.
HONORS
Lafayette College encourages and recog
nizes superior academic work. Students
who achieve a semester average of at least
3.45 in a term during which they have
completed 3 or more courses (with no
pending Incompletes) are named to the
Dean's List. Those who graduate with
high cumulative averages based upon
four years' work are awarded their de
grees summa cum laude (a cumulative aver
age of 3.80 or higher), magna cum laude
(3.65), or cum laude (3.50).
Departmental Honors: Departmental
Honors and honors in interdisciplinary
major programs are awarded for outstand
ing performance in writing a Senior Thesis
or in conducting Senior Research. Depart
ments that have honors programs offer a
sequence of two courses titled "Thesis" or
"Honors Thesis."
Students who hope to become candi
dates for Departmental Honors must reg
ister for the courses in Thesis during the
senior year. Discussions about pursuing
honors should be held with faculty well in
advance of the senior year. Work in these
courses will be supervised by a faculty
member and will be graded in the usual
way.
Candidates for honors must have and
maintain cumulative averages of 2.85 and
averages of 3.00 in the honors department
and must fulfill such other requirements
as may be established by the department
with the approval of the Academic
Progress Committee. Students who wish
to do honors work in departments other
than the major department must separate
ACADEMIC PROGRAM
ly petition the Committee for permission
to do so. Such students must have taken at
least six courses, exclusive of Thesis, in the
honors department, four of which must be
at or above the sophomore (200) level.
The transcripts of students who receive
honors bear the legend Honors in (depart
ment name) with Thesis.
HONORARY SOCIETIES
Phi Beta Kappa: Outstanding students
from all curricula are eligible for election
to Phi Beta Kappa in either the junior or
senior year. Membership criteria are estab
lished by the local chapter, not by the Col
lege. In addition to meeting the require
ments of their degree programs, students
should demonstrate breadth in their
course work and a commitment to liberal
learning. More specifically, the chapter
takes into account grade point average,
advanced-level courses outside the stu
dent's major, and the study of mathemat
ics and foreign language. Admission to
Phi Beta Kappa is always at the discretion
of the chapter, and membership is gained
only by election.
Sigma Xi: The Society of Sigma Xi is an
honorary organization dedicated to the
encouragement of pure and applied scien
tific research. Annually the society elects
to associate membership selected students
who have demonstrated marked aptitude
for scientific research; election is usually
based on written work. In addition, facul
ty members who have demonstrated note
worthy achievement in research may be
elected to full membership.
Tau Beta Pi: Outstanding candidates for
engineering degrees are elected to mem
bership in Tau Beta Pi, the national honor
ary engineering fraternity, during their
junior or senior years.
Alpha Sigma Lambda: This national hon
or society was founded in 1946 to recog
nize part-time students who accomplish
academic excellence while facing the com
peting interests of family, community, and
work. The Lafayette branch is the Iota
chapter. To be eligible, students must be
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