Honors

Terry Sparkes (program director)

A full description of honors program opportunities is included in the Academic Information section at the beginning of this catalog. The following listing includes only curricular offerings. For information see the program director.

Scholars Colloquium: The Scholars Colloquium (HONR 130) is a one credit discussion-based course for first-year students who have been awarded the Founders scholarship or attained similar academic achievement. This is an opportunity to engage with other high-achieving first-year students in thoughtful discussion of issues and ideas from a wide range of topics.

Honors Core: HONR 210, 220, 310, and HONR 320 are interdisciplinary honors courses for students after their first year. Their goal is to enrich students' liberal arts education by helping them understand major crossroads in the development of human responses to questions about the natural world, human society, and ultimate meaning and values. These challenging courses will examine the major conceptual developments that have shaped the modern world.

Each of the core courses will be noted as honors courses on the transcript. To be eligible to enroll in these courses students must apply for admission to the core. The application process will be open to all students with a cumulative GPA of (typically) 3.0 or higher. Applications will be evaluated by the honors committee. Successful completion of all four courses will be noted on a transcript by the designation: "Completion of Honors Core."