The CEP normally specifies how the student's work will be evaluated. Some colleges provide honors students with special interdisciplinary , team-taught courses that cover two or more disciplines. A similar approach is the provision of a cross-disciplinary set of concurrent honors courses. At Miami-Dade Community College, for example, honors students majoring in science can take a set of courses covering the history of science, English composition, and the humanities. The courses carry nine credits and are taught by an interdisciplinary team of professors.
Some colleges coordinate the honors program with a visiting lecture series.
In one approach to this coordination, a special honors course is built around a series of lectures given by distinguished scholars who are invited to the campus. In another approach, honors students enrolled in different courses attend guest lectures as part of their course work. Guest lectures also conduct special seminars, workshops, and conferences for honors students. Besides actual course work, honors programs often include social activities, recognition banquets, and opportunities for special research. Most instructors participating in honors programs at the urban community colleges do so on a voluntary basis.