These courses will be specially designed to challenge able students as they fulfill college requirements. Students not enrolled in the honors program may be permitted to take honors courses if space is available and they have an overall average of 3.3. During the junior or senior year a student in the honors program may contract with any instructor to earn honors credits in one course per semester that is not specifically designated an honors course. The student and the instructor will write a plan defining the level of participation that will justify honors in that particular course. The director of the honors program will approve the plan.
More attention is given to critical analysis of concepts and less to transmission of information.
More attention is given to considering methods of interpretation in a given discipline. In-class discussions should encourage students to interpret or take positions about subject matter. Whenever possible, the instructors should provide opportunities for collaboration, where groups of students work together to resolve intellectual problems and evaluate one another's writing. Since students are exposed to a very limited number of faculty members at Fontbonne, guest lecturers to provide perspective may also enrich an honors course. All Rights Reserved.