Enhancing Students’ Educational Experiences
The Distinguished Scholars Program (DSP) collaborates with the Honors Program, Career Center, Fellowships Office, Commandant’s Office, and a cohort of mentors to offer Citadel students enhanced learning experiences within and outside of the classroom.
To refine participants’ writing skills and to help them better understand historical contexts, the program requires two specially designed classes: and “Honors Advanced Writing” (taken first semester junior year) and “Honors World History” (taken second semester junior year).
An Honors Fellowships class, taken second semester sophomore year, will introduce scholars to possible fellowships and provide guidance for junior and senior fellowship applications. The capstone “Distinguished Scholars Project” Honors elective will empower seniors to complete a project of their own design, demonstrating their efforts to positively impact the world.
Goals of the Program
- Fostering confidence and commitment to academic achievement
- Expanding the range of future career paths for Citadel students
- Supporting long-term, meaningful student-led research
- Joining intellectual communities and academic initiatives across campus
- Increasing the number of students applying for fellowships and admission to prominent graduate programs
The DSP funds meaningful, project-based international experiences so that participants become global scholars.
