Students will complete six courses: five specially-designed Honors seminars over the course of four years, each with an enrollment of no more than 15 students per seminar, and Honors Ethics. The Honors experience will culminate in a Senior Honors Project, which may be a product of an Honors course (student's choice and consent of faculty member); an independent study taken within the confines of the Honors requirements; or a capping project with the permission of the Capping instructor. The project does not have to be a written essay, but rather will take the form of each individual's interest and discipline requirements. The Senior Honors Project may be a research essay, laboratory experiment/project, multi-media presentation, advertising campaign, portfolio of work drawn from Honors courses, etc. This project will be submitted to the Honors Council six weeks before graduation and will be part of an Honors Symposium held at the end of each academic year.
The Honors Council will assess the Senior Honors Project on the basis on the following criteria, not all of which may apply to every project:
Participating students who successfully complete 18 Honors credits and an Honors project will receive an Honors certificate, a medallion to be worn at Commencement, and special recognition on their college transcript.
Once admitted to the Program, a student must maintain a cumulative 3.5 GPA, with all Honors work at the "B" or higher level to remain in the Program. If a student's GPA drops below 3.5, the student will be allowed to continue in the Program in probationary fashion for one semester. If the cumulative GPA continues to fall below the 3.5 requirement after one semester, the student will have to withdraw from the Program. There is no reinstatement after an official withdrawal.
