Each fall semester, one section of Honors English 101 is offered. Enrollment may be competitive. During the freshman year, students have the opportunity to work closely with faculty, a reference librarian, and each other on collaborative research projects as they are introduced to scientific and humanistic intellectual history while completing required courses. Enrollment may be competitive. Honors Colloquia Honors Colloquia, or seminars, are designed to bring together students from many academic disciplines to confront a theme or issue of current concern from a variety of perspectives.
Colloquia generally offer field trips and a series of expert guest speakers.
Colloquium students receive a scholarship that provides all of the required colloquium texts. An Honors Project consists of independent work undertaken in addition to the regular requirement of a college course. Such work may consist of an extra paper, a paper of greater length or complexity, a research project, or creative work. Successful completion of an Honors Project earns an additional credit, and the student s transcript will show that the course was taken with Honors. The Honors Option Area of Study recommends the completion of Honors English 101, an Honors Learning Community, and an Honors Project.