Special Programs

Ford Teaching Fellows Program
The Ford Teaching Fellows Program provides an opportunity for upper-class students with an interest in college teaching to work closely with a faculty member in their area of academic interest. Primary teaching under faculty supervision is encouraged as well as research and scholarship. Each student must submit an application, completed jointly with their proposed faculty mentor, to the program director early in the spring semester. Approximately twelve students are selected each year for participation in this program.

The Honors Program
The Honors Program provides an opportunity for students of outstanding ability to pursue an advanced course of study which would ordinarily not be available. In the spring of their junior year and the fall of their senior year, honors students carry out a research project of their choice under a professor's direction. The project's final product, consisting wholly or partially of a written thesis, is presented before a panel of faculty members. In the spring of the senior year, students participate in an interdisciplinary colloquium which intensively examines a topic of broad interest. Students successfully completing all phases of the Honors Program receive the designation "with honors" in their field of honors work at graduation. Students interested in participating in the Honors Program should consult with the program director in the fall of their junior year.

The Washington Semester
The Washington Semester is a joint arrangement between American University, Millsaps College, and other colleges and universities in the United States to extend the resources of the national capital to superior students in the field of the social sciences. The object is to provide a direct contact with the work of governmental departments and other national and international agencies that are located in Washington, thus acquainting the students with possible careers in public service and imparting a knowledge of government in action.

Under this arrangement qualified students of demonstrated capacity from the participating colleges spend a semester at the School of Government and Public Administration of the American University in Washington. They earn four courses of credit toward graduation. Two course credits are earned in a Conference Seminar, in which high-ranking leaders of politics and government meet with students. One course credit is earned in a research course, which entails the writing of a paper by utilizing the sources available only at the nation's capital. An additional course credit is earned in an Internship, in which the student is placed in a government or public interest organization office.

Public Administration Internship
With the cooperation of city, state, and federal agencies, students who have had the introductory public administration course may be placed in middle management level positions.

School of Management Intern Programs
Students have the opportunity of obtaining specialized training and practical experience in management through an established Internship Program. The program involves prominent regional and national business organizations and agencies of the state government. The student's training is conducted and supervised by competent management personnel according to a predetermined agenda of activities. Evaluation of the student's participation and progress provides the basis for granting appropriate academic credit.

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