Overview
Students must take an Honors course their first semester in the Program. After that, to remain in the Honors Program, you can take an Honors class or complete an equivalent out-of-class Honors academic experience. Students can also earn Honors credit through internships, shadowing, undergraduate research, attending lectures and conferences, completing trainings and certifications, etc.
Honors courses are characterized by their small class sizes:
- We cap enrollment at 15 students.
Honors courses encourage active learning and enrichment through:
- discussion-based classes in which students play a major role in facilitating knowledge
- collaborative learning and group projects
- field trips and experiences outside the classroom
- individualized student-faculty collaboration
The Honors Program emphasizes these learning outcomes:
- Communications: Demonstrate effective reading, writing, speaking, listening and non-verbal communications skills
- Information Literacy: Collect, verify, document, and organize information from a variety of sources
- Quantitative Reasoning: Understand and apply mathematical concepts and reasoning and analyze and interpret various types of data
- Global Socio-Cultural Responsibility: Demonstrate an understanding of diversity/pluralism in the world community, and an awareness of civic and social participation and ethical and informed decision-making
- Critical Thinking: Demonstrate the skills necessary for analysis, synthesis, evaluation, decision-making, critical and creative thinking, and the creative process
- Civic Engagement: Engage in reflective civic action
- Teamwork: Engage in behaviors that contribute to group outcomes
- Lifelong Learning: Pursue educational interests outside of the classroom. Analyzes and interprets the impact of learning experiences on knowledge, personal growth and development, and/or future plans
These Honors courses are offered every Fall and Spring semester:
- ENC1102 Writing About Literature
- ENC2210 Technical Communications
- MAC2311 Calculus 1 with Lab
- MAC2312 Calculus 2 with Lab
- MAC2313 Calculus 3 with Lab
- MAP2302 Differential Equations
- PSY2012 General Psychology
- SPC2608 Public Speaking
- STA2023 Statistics
- Other courses in English, Fine Arts, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social and Behavioral Sciences are also offered on a rotating basis. See the Course Schedule for more details.