University Fellows Program

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Administration/Faculty

Bryan M. Johnson, Director; Professor, English
Caroline Janeway, Associate Director; Lecturer, General University
Christopher Metress, University Professor, English
Shannon Flynt, Coordinator, Italy Study Abroad; Assistant Professor, Classics
Marissa Grayson, Coordinator, Judge L. Scott Coogler U.S. District Court Fellowships; Assistant Professor, Political Science

Undergraduate Programs and Requirements

Core/General Education Requirements
University Fellows Program  

Interdisciplinary Minor
Western Intellectual Tradition Interdisciplinary Minor  

The University Fellows Program is limited to 45 students per year. Applicants must have a minimum ACT score of 28 or SAT-I score of 1310. However, successful applicants typically have a minimum ACT score of 30 or SAT-I score of 1340. Preference is given to applicants who have completed rigorous coursework in high school, such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs, as well as students who have distinguished themselves through extracurricular academic experiences. In addition to its innovative liberal arts curriculum, the University Fellows Program offers undergraduate research support and international study opportunities (including a two to three-week trip to Rome during Jan Term of the sophomore year), and provides ambitious students a chance to develop close working relationships with distinguished faculty.

All students in the University Fellows Program will complete the University Fellows Core Curriculum (40 hours). Additional courses in general education are also required to provide the foundation for more specialized courses in the major. In some cases the particular course required to satisfy a general education distribution requirement is specified in the major. Students should consult the section of the catalog that describes the major under consideration to learn more about these special requirements.

To progress through and to graduate from the University Fellows Program, students should have a minimum 3.00 GPA in Samford coursework and overall. In addition, University Fellows are required to support the program at recruiting events, discussion series, and community activities. They are expected to represent the program well within the Samford community and to hold themselves to high standards of integrity in their academic and social endeavors. Students receive additional guidelines in the official University Fellows admission letter.

All University Fellows must begin the program in the fall semester of their freshman year.

For more information, see the University Fellows website: www.samford.edu/fellows.

Departments and Program Offerings

Programs

• Western Intellectual Tradition Interdisciplinary Minor

• University Fellows Program

Courses

The Fellows Core Curriculum also includes MATH 240 , UCBF 101 , and UCFH 120 .

• UFIT 250 - Italy and the Western Intellectual Tradition (4)
• UFSI 201 - Scientific Inquiry: Theories and Practices (4)
• UFVI 101 - The Virtues (2)
• UFWR 101 - Writing and Rhetoric (4)
• UFWT 101 - Western Intellectual Tradition I: The Heritage of Greece and Rome (4)
• UFWT 102 - Western Intellectual Tradition II: Christianity from Antiquity to the Renaissance (4)
• UFWT 201 - Western Intellectual Tradition III: Reformation, Revolution, and Enlightenment (4)
• UFWT 202 - Western Intellectual Tradition IV: The Challenge of Modernity (4)

• UFAA 450 - The African American Intellectual Tradition (4)
• UFAF 300 - The American Founding (2-4)
• UFEB 300 - Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (0-1)
• UFEN 300 - England and the Western Intellectual Tradition (2 or 4)
• UFET 300 - Eastern Intellectual Traditions (4)
• UFGS 300 - University Fellows Global Studies (4)
• UFIN 400 - University Fellows Internship (0-4)
• UFOT 450 - University Fellows Oxbridge Tutorial (2)
• UFPR 400 - University Fellows Preceptorship (2 or 4)
• UFRA 400 - University Fellows Research Assistantship (2)
• UFST 400 - University Fellows: Special Topics (4)
• UFWC 450 - Washington Center Internship (4-8)