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The goal of the
Honors Scholars Program at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington is to
provide academically talented students with innovative and unique educational
experiences. The program encourages
curiosity, critical thinking, and independent work skills by offering exciting
academic and cultural activities as well as the opportunity for close working
and social relationships with the faculty.
The Academic Program
In
Fall 1994, UNCW began a four-year honors program to complement the existing
senior honors project program. Students
are invited to apply to the program as incoming freshman based on their high
school record and SAT scores. Other
students may enter the program later based on their academic record while at
UNCW or their transfer record. In
the first two years, students take a combination of honors seminars, honors
sections of basic studies courses, and courses from the regular curriculum.
In the last two years of honors work, students complete requirements in
their major disciplines and further independent scholarship in a six-credit
senior capstone project in their major. Students
may successfully complete all four years in honors to graduate with University
Honors and honors in their major, or complete the last two years of honors work
in their major for Departmental Honors only.
Graduation with honors is noted on the transcript and students receive
medallions designating graduation with honors.
Requirements
for Graduation with University Honors:
To graduate with University Honors and Departmental Honors:
(1)
complete at least 12 credit hours of basic studies courses honors sections. *
(2)
complete 6 credits of "Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar"
(HON 110 in fall of freshman year; HON 210); *
(3)
complete 2 credits of "Honors Enrichment Seminar " (HON 120)
(4)
maintain academic eligibility: at the completion of 27 credit-hours at UNCW, an
overall grade point average of 3.0 or better in all coursework is required.
An overall grade point average of 3.2 or better must be established by
the completion of 58 credit-hours and maintained thereafter.
(5)
complete requirements for Departmental Honors (see below)
*Note:
students entering after the first semester of the freshman year must
complete HON 210 (3 cr.), two
credit hours of HON 120, and at
least 9 hours of honors basic studies.
Requirements
for Graduation with Departmental Honors:
Departmental Honors at UNCW provides the opportunity for superior students at the junior-senior level to engage in an advanced independent scholarly project in a specialized area under the supervision of a tenure-track faculty member in the student's major field. This independent study should be outstanding scholarly work appropriate to the academic standards of the student's major discipline, and should be completed in two 3-credit hour semesters or three 2-hour semesters. A student who fulfills requirements for Departmental Honors will be acknowledged as such upon graduation.
A student who previously has not participated in the Honors Scholars Program may
qualify as a candidate for Departmental Honors based on the student's
grade-point average. Students with at least 74 semester hours credit who have a
grade point average of 3.2 or better on all
college work attempted (includes transfer credit), who have completed at least
30 semester hours of work with a 3.2 or better grade point average at UNCW, and
who are recommended by the major Department Chair and Dean are eligible to
enroll in coursework with a 499 designation which indicates honors work in that
discipline. Academic departments
may require a higher grade point average for eligibility for Departmental Honors
in their discipline.
Candidates for
Departmental Honors may fulfill preparations for senior capstone work beginning
in the junior year. Each department
or academic unit will determine the appropriate junior level experiences for its
majors. Honors Scholars are encouraged to begin planning their Departmental
Honors work as soon as possible. The senior honors project is normally initiated
by the student, who will approach a faculty member with an idea for a project.
Faculty are also requested to encourage their best students to
participate. All tenure track faculty are eligible to supervise honors projects
or serve on honors committees.
The specific project
and its content and methods are the choice of the faculty supervisor and
student. Research projects are
appropriate in all disciplines while artistic performances or exhibitions,
internships, or service projects may satisfy the requirements of the project in
some disciplines. In all cases, an oral
examination and a written record such as a research paper or project
description, are required.
Students formally enroll in Departmental Honors by completing form DH-1
available at the honors office. Detailed
instructions for setting up Departmental Honors projects are explained in the
booklet, A Guide to Departmental Honors for Students and Faculty that can be
found in department offices or requested from the Honors Program office.
While
the content and style of the honors project appropriately vary across
disciplines, there are common features across areas.
The honors project represents a comprehensive scholarly work in the
student’s major area. By
definition, it is more than a semester project or term paper, and thus goes
beyond the scope of an independent study class (DIS) or regularly offered class
in the student’s major. While the
honors project need not be a scientific research paper, this model may be useful
for the student and the faculty member to follow in setting an outline,
guidelines and parameters. Individual
departments are urged to discuss the content, format, and style of honors
projects that would be acceptable and appropriate for that discipline.
The
honors project typically involves extensive background research and reading
regardless of the major area. This
may be reflected in an Introduction, Background, or Literature Review section.
The purpose, hypothesis or goal of the project should be clearly stated.
The student should describe how the project was conducted, as in a
methods and materials section. There
should be a section for presentation of the “meat” of the project- whether
that means statistical analysis of empirical data, the text of the musical
score, the critical review of particular works of literature, a collection of
short stories, etc. In most cases, there should also be a discussion and analysis
of the findings of the project with a section considering whether the goal(s) of
the project were met. In addition,
a summary paragraph or abstract presented at the beginning of the honors paper
is useful.
Meetings
While
there are not formal requirements for the faculty mentor and the student to meet
every week, most honors project teams find it helpful to set a specific time to
meet every week or every other week. In addition, while there are no formal
requirements for what the student should have completed each semester he or she
is taking 499, most students and faculty find it beneficial to set mid-project
deadlines. This helps identify
problems before they occur. You may
find that there need to be changes to the project as originally proposed and as
long as the faculty member and committee are in agreement about minor changes,
no additional paperwork needs to be done.
The student should not submit
a draft of the honors paper to the faculty committee until the honors supervisor
has approved the draft. The student
should have a supervisor-approved draft to the faculty committee 2 weeks before
the oral defense date (which should be no later than reading day of the project
completion semester). The purpose
of the lead time is to allow the faculty members a week to review the paper,
give comments back to the student and supervisor, and then give the student time
to make changes before the oral defense.
The
honors council representative should review the supervisor-approved draft for
general style format so that the student may make 100% cotton copies of the
title page to take to the defense. The
student may use whatever publication style is appropriate for the discipline. It is the responsibility of the student and faculty committee
to make sure the student has followed the appropriate style for the discipline,
and the student is responsible for proof-reading.
It is the charge of the faculty committee to provide feedback on the written
paper and a challenging oral defense for the student.
While there is not one set oral defense format, most defenses use a
format similar to that of a master’s thesis defense.
Here are some suggestions:
The student should present an overview of the project, either to a public
audience or to the faculty committee alone.
Many departments schedule an open defense so that other students and
faculty can hear a general overview of the project and then ask general
questions about the project. This
is the most desirable format because it allows:
-
the student to hone his or her formal presentation skills,
-
the student to develop slides or a multimedia presentation if
appropriate,
-
other students the opportunity to see an honors defense,
-
faculty to become better acquainted with each other’s scholarship
interests,
-
the department to ensure consistent standards for departmental honors
projects.
After the overview, the committee should discuss the project and its
implications with the student to ensure that the student can defend his or her
work at a junior colleague level. While
this is meant to be a challenging experience for the student, if the student is
well prepared, it can actually be an enjoyable intellectual experience!
After
the committee has asked all its questions of the student, the student should
leave so the faculty can deliberate about the student’s demonstrated grasp of
the project. While grading the 499
hours is the sole responsibility of the faculty supervisor, the supervisor will
typically ask for input about the paper from the committee who may make
suggestions for improvement. The
signatures on the title page itself indicate that the student passed the oral
defense. In some cases, there may
be extensive suggestions to the paper itself, and the faculty supervisor and
committee may wait to sign the title page after those changes are complete.
Final Copies
Final copies of the
paper on 100% cotton should not be made until after the oral defense, as changes
may be necessary. Cotton paper can
be purchased at the campus bookstore or other office supply stores.
It may be more economical for two honors students to buy a ream of paper
to use for the required cotton copies. Students
can take the paper to a copy store and have copies made- this is usually cheaper
than having the copy store provide the cotton paper.
Once all signatures (except that of the Honors Director) are obtained, students
can take the two required copies to the bookstore on campus for binding- two
copies are bound at no charge to the student.
Typically this is a quick process and usually the student can wait while
the binding is done. The copies,
plus an extra title page with original signatures, must be turned in to the
Honors Office by noon of the last day of exams.
Grading
Only one grade is assigned for the 499 project- during the semester the project
is completed. Since the honors
project spans at least two semesters, an IP (in progress) score is submitted by
the registrar and shows on the transcript until the final grade is turned in. This IP score does not affect the student’s GPA.
The honors project is graded using the same grading scale as other
classes and so +/- may be used as appropriate.
Because the grade can only be released after the honors director notifies
the registrar that student has turned in all bound copies of the project, the
faculty supervisor should email or memo the student’s grade to the associate
registrar- SEAWEB will not work for assigning the grade.
UNCW
DEPARTMENTAL HONORS
Quick
Checklist for Student and Faculty Supervisor
___ Form DH-1 completed, signed and filed in Honors
Scholars Program Office by student (hours and GPA check)
___ DH-2 form and copy of approved DH-1 form sent
to faculty supervisor
___ Form DH-2 completed by supervisor, student,
signed by committee members, department chair, and Dean;
returned to Honors Office by 9 AM on last day of drop/add.
___ Director
of Honors Program informs registrar to enroll student in 499.
___ Do the Project!
___ Student/supervisor
schedules oral examination
___ Three copies of Title Page signed by faculty
supervisor, committee, and honors council representative; bound copies of paper
turned in to Honors Scholars Program, director signs title page and sends memo
to registrar; thesis filed in library.
___Supervisor emails or memos registrar with
grade (can not be graded on SEAWEB). Send
grade to Associate Registrar Murrie Lee (leelm@uncwil.edu) while logged in on
UNCW account.
___ Celebrate honors completion!
“Medallioning” ceremony for graduates and supervisors each Spring and
Fall semester.
GPA Requirements to Graduate
with Departmental Honors
In
order to graduate with departmental honors, a student must successfully complete
the Departmental Honors Program and have a 3.2 quality point average over all
college work at the time of graduation. A student who does not retain an overall average of 3.2,
however, will still receive credit for the honors project, but will not graduate
with honors.
Note:
If student intends to complete an honors project for August graduation, please
contact the faculty representative from the Honors Advisory Council and the
director of the Honors Scholars Program before the end of the preceding Spring
semester to ensure that the representative will be available to approve the
final paper.
Incomplete
If
student will be unable to complete the project as indicated on Form DH-2, the
faculty supervisor should inform the faculty representative of the Honors
Council and the director of the Honors Scholars Program as soon as possible and
assign a grade of incomplete. Please
inform the Registrar and faculty representative from the Honors Council and the
director of the Honors Scholars Program as soon as actual completion date is
known.
Withdrawal From Departmental
Honors
If
a student is doing satisfactory work but has to withdraw, the faculty supervisor
may assign the student a letter grade (A, B, C, etc.) and credit for an
appropriate number of hours (0 to 3) of 491 Directed Individual Study.
The faculty supervisor will state in writing to the Registrar the reason
for the change, and notify the director of the Honors Scholars Program.
Please notify the Honors Office as soon as possible as withdrawal may
affect financial aid, tuition, etc.
Double Majors
Departmental
Honors is earned in the student's major area, e.g., the student graduates with
departmental (or University) honors in psychology. If a student is double majoring, honors can be earned in
either or both majors. To earn
honors in both majors, the student must complete two honors projects.
Interdisciplinary Projects
Sometimes
a student is majoring in one discipline and conducting research in a related
area. An honor's project may be
co-chaired by faculty supervisors in both areas (e.g., history and English).
If the student is majoring in history, the student will graduate with
honors in history. Thus, the
history professor must be noted as the student's primary chair (e.g., the person
who receives the 499 grade sheet). If
the English professor is playing a key role in supervising the research, then
both professors should be noted as co-chairs on the DH-2 form and on the title
page of the honors paper. (Chairs
from both departments should sign the DH-2 form).
Because the student is earning honors in history, there should be three
history professors on the committee (counting the co-chair) and the English
professor serves as the co-chair and outside major department committee member.
The student may elect to have an additional committee member(s) from
English (or another discipline).
Faculty Supervisor Changes
If
the faculty supervisor changes after the student is already registered for 499,
the chair of the department should notify the director of the Honors Program in
writing.
Honors
Co-Curricular Activities
An
honors education takes place both inside and outside the classroom.
Honors Scholars are encouraged to participate in cultural enrichment
activities on the campus and in the Wilmington community.
Some examples are: the "fall lyceum" trip in conjunction with the
freshman seminars; sponsored speakers and discussion series; field trips; honors
teas; and community service projects. Additionally,
the program has limited funding to assist students in the purchase of tickets
for required events. Honors
Scholars are encouraged to participate in campus activities such as tutoring,
student government, service organizations, team sports, student clubs, and
cultural experiences.
Honors
Residence
The Honors House is the designated honors residence.
The majority of freshman honors students live there, as well as some of
the sophomores. One or more honors
mentors live in the residence hall with the students to organize programming and
assist with the students’ adjustment to university life through the honors
experience. The Honors
House has a 24/7 computer lab, a classroom, and several study lounges.
Honors
Scholarships
Each year, the Honors Scholars Program offers opportunities for outstanding
students to compete for merit scholarships. The Faculty Honors Council
determines the recipients.
Honors
Students: Who are they?
Any
description of honors students is institution-specific, but in general, honors
students tend to be:
• high achievers in high school
• intelligent, but not necessarily skilled in all subjects
• creative, if given opportunity will learn and demonstrate learning in
unconventional ways
• hard-working and motivated
• self-starters
• expressive both orally and in writing
• concerned about grades as well as learning for its own sake
• a heterogeneous group, varying in interests, abilities, and success
in adjusting to college life
How do they get into the Honors
Scholars Program?
Students are
invited to apply to the honors program as incoming freshman based on their high
school performance, SAT scores, and rank in class.
Students at the freshman and beginning sophomore level already at UNCW
may apply based on their GPA or faculty recommendation.
Students may begin the program as juniors or seniors in departmental
honors based on their GPA, hours completed, and faculty recommendation.
Faculty should feel free to recommend their best students for honors courses and departmental work, and send them to the honors office for more information.
In addition to the senior honors project, there are two main types of
honors course offerings: honors
sections of basic studies courses and honors seminars.
Honors contracts are also possible.
Honors Basic Studies Courses
Each semester, several sections of honors basic studies courses are offered on a
rotating basis. These sections are
normally limited to 20 students to enhance student-faculty interaction.
Any basic studies course is eligible to be taught as an honors
section.
Honors Seminars
HON 110. Freshman Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar (3)
Prerequisite: Formal enrollment in the Honors Program or consent of the
Director. Introduces the honors
student to the college experience by direct involvement in research, service and
leadership activities. The nature
of knowledge; the concept of a university; how a university education changes
individuals and affects the future. Includes
field experiences, collaborative learning and independent scholarship. Emphasis on discussion; required student projects.
HON
120. Honors Enrichment (1)
Prerequisite: Formal enrollment in the Honors Scholars Program or consent of the
director. Students study a specialty topic and participate in a variety of
related enrichment activities on the campus and in the community. By direct
contact, students have the opportunity to broaden their educational experience
in both traditional and contemporary forums. Discussion and brief written
assignments. May be repeated under different subtitles, for a maximum of three
semester hours. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 semester hours.
Examples are Hypermedia Technology, Bohemian Prague: Page and Stage,
Luscious Literature, African American Preaching, Exploring Leadership, Animals
& Society, and Exploring the Coast in Art & Literature.
HON 210
Topical Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar (3)
Prerequisite: Formal enrollment in the Honors Program or consent of the
director. An in-depth investigation
of a special topic using the approaches of several disciplines; may be team
taught. Topics and approaches vary.
Examples are Controversy Through Music, The Sixties, Nature: Science
and Literature, Debating Race and Social Justice, The Moral Imperative, Wit and
Wisdom of the South, Models of the Mind, Anthropology of Human Sexuality,
and Nature & Nurture.
Honors courses are opportunities for faculty to offer challenging courses in
both traditional and innovative formats.
Honors programs are often the home to courses that are a part of the
regular curricula but may have been cut for reasons of cost-efficiency.
On the other hand, honors programs offer opportunities for innovation and
experimentation. They offer a "safe" place to try new teaching
techniques, new course material, or interdisciplinary approaches without a
lengthy curriculum approval process. The
honors seminar can be the place for faculty to teach the course they've always
wanted to teach or respond to specific student course requests.
Teachers
of Honors Scholars are encouraged to be flexible and creative in teaching their
subjects. This is a chance to break
out of a concern for grades and for the regulations necessary in mass education.
Instead this is an opportunity to concentrate on developing long-term
benefits, particularly those that derive from the transmission of a basic love
for learning. (from
the NCSU Honors Handbook)
Honors
Contract Courses
Another way to teach at honors level is to contract with a particular
student(s) in the regular section of your class.
With the mutual agreement of student and faculty (and approval of the
department Chair and Honors Director), any 300 or 400 level departmental course
may be offered as an honors course on a contract basis.
The student and the faculty member sign a contract at the beginning on
the semester (no later than the end of the drop-add period) detailing how the
course will be enhanced as an honors course.
This may mean additional in-depth research, projects, co-teaching,
scholarly or laboratory work, collaborative teaching, etc.
Successful completion of the contract with the student earning at least a
B (3.0) in the class would result in the course being designated as
"honors" retroactively on the student's transcript.
Please see appendix for sample Honors Contract Form.
Contract courses are ideal for offering your best majors an honors
section of an upper-level class. In
some cases, contract courses may be used for basic studies sections as well.
(…Adapted
from Beginning in Honors by Sam Schuman, former President of the National
Collegiate Honors Council)
Small
sections (5-20 students) allow more discussion and interaction.
Content
and presentation:
Honors
courses typically:
§
have less
lecturing and predigesting of material by faculty;
§
approach the
material to be covered more selectively;
§
make more
use of primary sources and original documents;
§
encourage
critical thinking and independent scholarship;
§
discourage
passive note-taking;
§
encourage
student adventure in learning with focus on open discussion;
§
follow a
colloquium or seminar format
§
allow
professors and students to take risks
Work/Assignments:
Honors courses make greater use of independent scholarship and student-directed projects where possible. It is crucial that they involve not merely more work or harder work, but more in-depth analysis, creative expression, and work directed to the students' level. As a general rule, instructors should not require substantially more reading. Even though these are capable students, they may not read faster than their peers who are not honors students. In fact, some evidence shows that many honors students read more slowly than average because they read more closely and carefully. We tell the students to expect that honors courses will be more challenging than the non-honors sections, but that they are not harder just for the sake of being harder.
Since it is our goal to encourage the development of critical thinking and independent work skills, it is entirely appropriate to require more complex and innovative assignments. This may make the course more challenging, but also potentially more rewarding for the students and the faculty. However, this is not the time to teach a graduate seminar, but to offer a more intensive version of an undergraduate course.
Teacher/student
interaction:
Honors courses usually involve more study of the process of discovery; more
feedback on writing and discussions; more individual attention through more
frequent teacher-student conferences and other student-teacher contact out of
the classroom. Honors courses encourage us to redefine ourselves as teachers and
re-think the line between teachers and learners.
Grades:
Honors Scholars are normally students who will be making A's and B's in their
regular classes. Since clustering
of grades can sometimes pose a problem for instructors, the following
observations and guidelines may be helpful.
It is counter to the goals of the Honors Scholars Program for students to be
penalized for taking honors courses. Therefore,
to assign grades on the basis of a normal curve would in effect hurt them and be
detrimental to student morale. A
more reasonable method would be to grade based on comparative performance.
If the work done would earn an A or B in a regular section of the same
course, it should receive the same grade in an honors course. Theoretically, all
students in an honors section could receive an A in the course.
In some cases, honors students are asked to perform at a higher level than in
regular classes. They may be asked
for more in-depth class participation, independent work, and analysis.
The grades should reflect this higher level of expectations, and take
into account the degree of difficulty.
Honors
sections and students, on the other hand, are not guaranteed high grades. If a
student does not put forth effort or does not achieve the appropriate mastery of
the material, the grade should reflect the lack of achievement.
Who May Take an Honors Class?
Honors
courses are open to students formally admitted into the honors program, and, if
space is available, to any student who maintains a GPA of 3.2 or better.
Please encourage your best students to try an honors course, and feel
free to solicit good students to join the honors class you may be teaching.
If you have a non-honors student you’d like to join your class, please
contact the Honors Office so that we can assist with registration.
What Does the
Honors Program Offer Instructors?
§
the chance
to work with highly motivated and talented students
§
small
classes
§
opportunity
to introduce innovations into the classroom
§
the chance
to work in interdisciplinary teaching teams
§
support from
the Honors Office
Honors Seminar Room: The
seminar room in the Honors Office in Randall Library is available for scheduling
honors courses. It will comfortably
accommodate 16 students. The room may be reserved for additional class meetings
or study. There is access to a
multimedia system and internet.
Honors House Classroom: The
classroom in the Honors Residence Hall will comfortably seat 16 students.
We have access to multimedia equipment on a check-out basis.
Funds: The Honors Program can often help with funds for class
travel, such as van rental for local field trips.
Also, we have a small trust
fund to assist with required activities such as cultural events.
If you have any unusual supply requests, we may be able to assist.
Workshops: Each semester, the honors program offers seminars in honors teaching for new and returning honors instructors. In addition, as needed, we hold a mid-semester meeting to discuss issues of concern. We also offer at least one honors-related lunchtime workshop each semester through the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Center for Teaching Excellence Summer Teaching Initiatives:
CTE offers summer teaching initiative grants for developing innovations
for teaching existing courses. This
is the ideal way to re-tool a basic studies class for honors presentation, or to
develop an honors seminar.
How Do You
Propose an Honors Course?
Each
semester, the Honors Program distributes course proposal forms to all faculty
(see appendix for a sample of this form). Faculty
have the opportunity to teach honors sections of basic studies courses as well
as the freshman seminar (HON 110), and the topical seminars (HON 210) and
enrichment seminars (HON 120). Typically,
the faculty member(s) involved suggest a course, obtain the approval of their
department chair, and then submit the course to the Honors Program.
From the proposals submitted, courses are chosen by the Faculty Honors
Council based on how they meet the needs of the program in a particular
semester.
Faculty may teach honors courses as part of their regular course load or on an
overload basis. When the course is
a basic studies course, it is usually taught as part of the faculty member's
regular load. Funds may be
available to replace faculty teaching a small section of a course that would
normally be quite large. Honors
seminars can be taught as part of a faculty member's regular load, or on an
overload basis. In any case, all
credit-hour equivalents for honors courses are credited to the department.
In the case of team-taught courses, the credit-hour equivalents are
divided evenly, and credited to the departments of the participating faculty.
When You Teach an
Honors Course--- Useful Details....
Book
orders/Course Forms:
For
the HON courses, the honors office handles the book orders and receives your
course rolls. The honors basic
studies classes are processed through the departments.
Honors
Calendar:
We
publish a monthly calendar of events for honors students.
Please feel free to contact the office with any item you would like to
see included. These are distributed
via the honors seminars each semester and to all faculty teaching honors
sections.
Honors
Web Page:
The
Honors Program web page is: www.uncwil.edu/honors
Honors
Scholars Association:
The
students have formed their own association that is an official SGA organization. As such, they have funds available for activities.
They are involved in campus and community service activities as well as
social events. HSA has several
meetings a semester and publishes a monthly newsletter.
The HSA meetings and newsletter can be a useful network through which to
publicize your classroom activities or co-curricular events.
Announcements of HSA meetings are placed in the honors calendar and
posted in the honors office.
Special
Honors Events:
We
will inform you as soon as possible about any special honors events that are
scheduled. These may include lyceum trips, receptions, special speakers,
etc. It would be a great favor to
us and the students if you would consider these events as a factor when
scheduling deadlines, tests, etc.
Academic
advising for Honors Scholars:
Before honors scholars declare their majors, they are advised by the Director and Associate Director of the Honors program and two designated faculty honors advisors, Dr. Sally MacKain and Dr. Diane Dodd. The honors advisors are familiar with the requirements for the honors program as well as those of basic studies and the various majors. Drs. Bruce, Myers, MacKain, and Dodd will set up individual appointments to assist in course selection and program planning, as well as to address any other questions about the academic progress. Students normally meet with their advisors at least once a semester to discuss their academic progress and arrange their schedules for the following term. Even after students declare their majors, the Honors program continues to follow their progress.
§
Teaching
honors basic studies sections
§
Teaching
honors seminars
§
Guest
lectures in the Honors Freshman Seminar
§
Honors
General College Advising
§
Honors
contract work
§
Directing
senior honors projects
§
Being the
faculty director for the Honors semester
§
Serving on
the Faculty Honors Council, the advisory board for the honors program
§
Acting as
the honors coordinator for your academic department
§
Designing
honors experiences for your academic department- such as
ü
Directed
Individual Study (DIS) courses which lay the groundwork for more
advanced
honors projects
ü
Departmental
or interdisciplinary seminars and/or internships which encourage
independent
work in research, service or performance
§
Assisting
with special projects or acting as faculty mentors
§
Mentoring a
student applying for a national scholarship or award
Honors Faculty Advisory Council
The Honors
Advisory Council is comprised of nine faculty members appointed by the Provost.
Nominations are made to the Provost by the Faculty Senate Steering
Committee which receives recommendations for members from the deans and honors
director. Six members come from the College of Arts and Sciences, and
one each from the professional schools. Ex-officio
members are the honors director and associate director, director of the General
College Advising Center, director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, chair
of Academic Standards, the Provost or his representative, and the president of
the Honors Scholars Association. Members
serve staggered three year terms.
The
Council assists and advises the director on issues of curriculum planning,
recruitment and retention of students, scholarship awards, program evaluation,
and other student concerns. Members
of the Council serve as the representatives of the Honors Program on honors
senior projects. Faculty interested
in serving on the Council should contact their dean or the honors director.
Additional
Resources
For
information about the requirements and procedures for completing departmental
honors, please consult A Guide to
Departmental Honors for Students and Faculty, available from the Honors
Office and Departmental Offices.
Visit
the Honors Scholars Program on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.uncwil.edu/honors/