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college has a defined honors curriculum which includes:
- Special Honors Courses
- Interdisciplinary Seminars
- Independent Studies
- Senior Projects
A typical honors
curriculum may include:
3-9 credits of honors sections in general education courses
(required courses), All University Curriculum (AUC) courses,
or “Contract” Honors courses.
6 credits of honors seminar and 6 credits of Honors Thesis
or an Independent Study Project, or a University Scholar
Project
Declaration of Honors:
Honors students should submit a form declaring their intention
to participate in the Honors Program after the completion
of 9 credits of honors coursework. This form must be signed
by your College Honors Coordinator and is available for
downloading.
Contract Honors:
To provide Honors students with flexibility, the University
has “Contract Honors” courses. To take a “Contract
Honors” course you enroll in a regular course which
you arrange with the instructor to take for Honors credit.
This is most commonly done within a student’s major,
particularly in majors in which credit requirements are
very high, to enable students to work toward the University
Honors degree as they complete the requirements for their
major.
When you arrange with an instructor to take a course for
“contract Honors,” the instructor will identify
the special requirements you must fulfill. For example,
you may be asked to do additional reading, writing and/or
assignments. Or your assignments may be more involved and
challenging than those given to the other students in the
class. To take a “contract Honors” course,
you need to complete the Contract
Honors Form. The course instructor must sign the form,
and you need to deliver it to your College Honors Coordinator
no later than the fourth week of the semester in
which you are taking the course.
If you find that you cannot complete the terms of the
contract, the course remains a standard University course.
Honors courses being offered this term can be found in the
Honors section of the current course
catalogue.
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