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Honors ProgramInterdisciplinary Program Coordinator: Richard WhiteCoordinator of Student Research: Stephen Stelzner The Honors Program gives students opportunities to enroll in honors versions of core courses and to engage in independent thinking, research and writing within their own major. Select and invitational, the Honors Program is open to entering first-year students upon the recommendation of the admission committee and the coordinator of Honors and Undergraduate Research. Well-qualified students may also enter the Honors Program at the sophomore level by submitting a completed application to the Honors Program in the spring semester of their first year. Each semester honors courses are offered which fulfill a variety of core requirements which may include honors symposium, mathematics, lower-division fine arts, social science, natural science, theology and humanities as well as upper-division humanities, social science, Judeo-Christian heritage and senior seminar. These courses are specially designed to develop students' writing and discussion skills beyond the norm, as well as their ability to think critically and to use primary sources. In addition to regular honors courses, honors reading groups (under Honors 270 and 370) provide honors students with an opportunity to discuss great books of mutual interest with a professor and small group of classmates outside of the usual classroom. Students in honors may also earn up to eight honors option credits by contracting with instructors of core or departmental courses to supplement normal course work with an additional reading, research or writing project. Students interested in such an honors option should contact the program director. Students are encouraged to plan honors core courses and the senior project into their four-year plan of study carefully, especially if they intend to spend one or more semesters abroad. To graduate with "All-College Honors" students must earn 32 credits or more in honors courses, including 8 credits in 300-level courses and achieve at least a 3.4 cumulative GPA. Two Honors Options may be used to fulfill 8 of the 32 credits required. For students who enter the program in their sophomore year or who spend a semester abroad, the 32 credit requirement is reduced to 28 credits. Two Honors Options may be used to fulfill 8 of the 28 credits required. To graduate with “All-College Honors with Thesis or Departmental Distinction” one of the required Honors courses must be the Honors Thesis and the 0 or 1 credit Proposal course. Normally, only one Honors Option course will be accepted. If the grade received on the thesis is B or AB students will receive All-College Honors with Thesis. If an A or H is earned, the citation will be All-College Honors with Departmental Distinction. First-year honors students need to achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 by the end of their first year to remain in the program. Sophomores must achieve a cumulative GPA of at least 3.2 each semester to remain in good standing. Juniors and seniors must maintain a 3.4 cumulative GPA to remain in good standing. |
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