The advising component is comprehensive and integrative, with individual counseling from faculty, professional, and peer advisers. Honors students have wide ranging academic and social interests. Their main similarity is a desire to explore and excel. The Honors Program Encourages motivated students seeking greater intellectual stimulation and growth to apply. The Honors Program embraces the modern concept of honors programming that emphasizes enriched, rather than accelerated, courses.
Enrichment means adding dimension to what is being studied.
The Honors Program also offers a full complement of resources designed to strengthen students' academic experiences Course offerings Several categories of courses are offered through the Honors Program. These include entirely enriched honors courses, colloquia, interdisciplinary seminars, independent study, honors senior activity, thesis or project, and honors experiences. Faculty and students are encouraged to be creative in integrating field research, in-depth readins, oral presentations, group projects, field trips, or other modes of honors learning into the course structure. For many students, the intellectual stimulation and personal attention provided by honors courses lead to greater interest and satisfaction, which facilitates learning. Independent Study and Research Opportunities for independent study and research are available to further enrich the honors educational experience.