{"id":70,"date":"2022-07-25T09:53:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/distinguished-scholars2\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2025-05-28T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:44:44","slug":"course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/distinguished-scholars\/course\/","title":{"rendered":"Course of Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-dsp-course-of-study\">DSP Course of Study <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Distinguished Scholars Program course of study includes four specifically designed Honors courses and one Honors elective to be taken in the fall of scholars&#8217; senior year. 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