 Honors Program (HSS) The College of Arts & Sciences 112 Foust
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Mission Statement |
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The Mission of the University Honors Program is to enrich the intellectual life of able and highly motivated undergraduate students, to create a community of students and faculty who love learning, and to celebrate the outstanding achievements of students. To accomplish these goals, the Honors Program provides opportunities and challenges that enhance students' education at UNCG.
The Honors Program sponsors a variety of courses that meet University and departmental requirements. Most Honors courses are seminar in style and are small (20-22) students). All Honors courses foster discussion, collaboration, and mutual discovery among students and faculty. The range of Honors courses includes special sections of liberal education courses (that meet AULER/CLER requirements), interdisciplinary courses, seminars on special topics, tutorials (in which 1-5 students work with a professor on a topic), independent study (in which one student works on a project with a professor), and the Senior Honors Project (in which a student, under the guidance of a professor, produces a research project). The advanced Honors courses, such as the Senior Honors Project, allow students to do original and sophisticated work. They are an excellent preparation for graduate school, professional training, and other post-graduation endeavors. |
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Honors Events |
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The Honors Program holds numerous extracurricular events, such as picnics, lectures, field trips, discussions, plays, debates, community service projects, and special presentations. Honors students help create these events and participate actively in them.
The directors of the Honors Program are available to advise students about how each of them can take advantage of the Honors Program and other rewarding opportunities at UNCG. The Program also provides guidance about postgraduate fellowships. These prestigious fellowships- the Fullbright, Rhodes, Marshall, Goldwater, Mellow, Truman, and Udall- require early and diligent attention from students who aspire to win them. The Honors Program shepherds students through the application process.
The Honors Program administers awards that recognize high achievement. At an Honors Convocation every spring, the Program bestows the Student Excellence award, the University's highest undergraduate honor, on 25 outstanding juniors and seniors. The Program also puts on an annual banquet to honor those students who, at the end of their undergraduate career, complete the Honors Program. |
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Honors Teachers |
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Teachers of Honors courses are among the best teachers in the University. They are deeply engaged with their disciplines and dedicated to helping students achieve their greatest potential.
UNCG's excellent exchange program with foreign universities allows students to study abroad for little more than the cost of attending UNCG. In support of this program, the Honors Program grants three hours of Honors credit to students who study abroad for one semester. The Honors Program furthermore, will commence a special arrangement with the University of Hull in England in the spring semester of 2001. Eight Honors students will live together in campus housing. They will take a 3-hour Honors enrichment course that includes readings and meetings during the fall semester at UNCG, at least a week of activities in London in January, and cultural activities and discussion at Hull during the spring semester. In addition to this course, students will take regular courses at Hull that meet UNCG's liberal education requirements. Upon finishing the program, students will receive credit for 6 hours of Honors work: 3 for the course and 3 for studying abroad.
Requirements for New Freshmen
Requirements for Transfer Students:
Requirements for Current UNCG Students:
Students who do not meet these requirements but who want to take Honors courses may do so with permission of the instructors who teach them. |
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Joining the Honors Program |
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Student can join the Honors Program by filling out an Honors application form and by taking Honors courses. To remain active in the Program, students take take at least one Honors course per year.
The program is under the general supervision of an Honors Council composed of faculty from throughout the University. One Honors student serves on the Council as representative of all Honors students. A Student Honors Board plans and carries out various activities and advised the director of the Program. Member of the Board are drawn from all four undergraduate classes. The Director of the Program is Kelley Griffith, a member of the English Department. The Assistant Director are Laurie White and Pam McRae. Kim Greer is the secretary. |
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Program Requirements |
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Students can complete the Honors Program by choosing one of two options, General Honors or Departmental Honors. General Honors This option is for student who want to take Honors courses in a wide range of subjects and who are interested in connections among disciplines. Most of their work is in Honors courses that meet liberal education requirements. Requirements to complete General Honors include:
Departmental Honors This option allows student to concentrate much of their honors work in their major. At least half of their course work (nine hours) consists of Honors courses, advanced courses, or contract courses offered by their departments. This option concludes with the Senior Honors Project, a work of independent scholarship that allows students to do high-level work in their major under the guidance of a faculty member. Requirements to complete Departmental Honors include:
Each department specifies what courses students must take to complete Honors in the major. |
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Contract Courses |
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Contract courses allow students to turn a regular undergraduate course into an Honors course. To do this, a student and a professor agree on the extra or different work the student must do in the course. They both sign a form, provided by the Honors Program, that states the terms of the contract. Upon completion of the course and the contract work and upon earning an A or B, the student receives Honors credit for the course.
Transfer student may use up to 6 hours credit from other colleges and universities to fulfill the requirements of General Honors and if the students' departments so allow, Departmental Honors.
Students who complete the Honors Program are recognized
at a banquet held near the end of the spring semester. They have the
following words inscribed on their official transcript: Either "Completed
General Honors" plus the title of their Senior Honors Project or
"Completed Department Honors in [major]" plus the title of
their Senior Honors Project. |
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