The McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs
The McBride Fall 2011 Newsletter
Gain a Leading Edge
The McBride Honors Program, instituted in 1978 through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, is a unique opportunity for extraordinary students to do extraordinary things. The McBride Honors Program is designed for a select few students who will be leaders in engineering and applied sciences.
McBride, the only undergraduate honors program at the Colorado School of Mines, is one of the several minor programs administered by the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies.
Our Program is Unique
First is the instructional method: each course is conducted as a small seminar, with two faculty members operating as mentors. One faculty member will be drawn from the humanities or social sciences, and the other from science or engineering. Combining expertise across disciplines provides students with different visions and approaches that more closely mirror life beyond college.
Second, students must apply to this Program during the second semester of their freshman year. This is the only Honors program at Mines, and acceptance is competitive. Admission to the Program is itself an honor.
Third, in the summer after the junior year, students travel to Washington, DC and/or abroad to study institutions and agencies dealing with science policy and international affairs. Travel for these trips is partially subsidized by the McBride Honors Program.