Victory University 2012-2013 Academic Catalog

President for Academic Affairs. The Academic Council grants final approval for an
interdisciplinary major.
• The proposal must be approved prior to the end of the student’s final semester as a
junior.
COALITION SPONSORED PROGRAMS
As an affiliate of the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities, Victory University offers
eleven off-campus learning opportunities. These programs offer the student an opportunity to
spend a semester studying programs that are cross-cultural as well as culturally changing.
Course studies are available in the American Studies Program, Contemporary Music Center, Los
Angeles Film Studies Center, Washington Journalism Center, Australia Studies Centre, China
Studies Program, Latin America Studies Program, and Middle East Studies Program, Programs in
Oxford, Russian Studies Program and Uganda Studies Program. For more information or to
register for a program see Debbie Graham in the Department of Arts and Sciences.
(Descriptions of these programs can be found in this catalog under COURSE DESCRIPTIONS).
TRINITY SCHOLARS HONORS PROGRAM
The Trinity Scholars Honors Program is intended for students with aspirations to participate in a
program of greater academic challenge, coupled with the desire to more fully integrate the
college mission into their lives. The aim of the program is to give talented and motivated
students the encouragement for intellectual exploration in the company of fellow Trinity
Scholars. In the context of a comprehensive liberal arts college, the role of the honors program
is to introduce students to aspects of the arts and sciences that are not available in the regular
curriculum, while encouraging a greater social consciousness informed by our Christian identity.
Awakening curiosity, offering new experiences, and instilling a social consciousness are central
to the purpose of a Christian liberal arts institution.
The Trinity Scholars Honors Program combines academic rigor, community service, and the
integration of faith and learning to provide a program of distinction for talented and highly
motivated students. Trinity Scholars take eight unique seminars along with their peers as part
of their first two years of study at Victory University. Upon completion of the general education
portion of their curriculum, Trinity Scholars then complete one expanded project within each
traditional semester at Victory in conjunction with a professor within their major and the
honors program director. New, current, and transfer students are invited to apply for the
program at any time up to the start of their junior year of study. In order to maintain good
standing in the program, Trinity Scholars must maintain a minimum of a 3.5 GPA, maintain good
standing in each honors course according to end of the term evaluations, stay active in Trinity
Scholar service projects and events, and as representatives of the honors program are expected
to conduct themselves with decorum at all times in and out of the classroom. Twenty Trinity
Scholarships are awarded annually to current and newly-admitted students.
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