The Honors Academy offers enhanced educational opportunities both to serve select students and to raise the intellectual and cultural climate of the total college. The Academy coordinated all honors related activities. Highlight academic achievement Honors is aimed at students who want more out of college than mere grades. Using eclectic, students centered approaches to learning, students and faculty explore significant issues in the context of scholarly activities both on and off campus.
Students learn to think critically, make informed inquiries, and become leaders.
Using original documents and following interdisciplinary themes and inquiry assignments, Honors courses meet requirements for general education, areas of concentration, or elective credit. Honors furthers the institutional goal of serving diverse students at all STCC locations. Students are selected for their abilities and potential to expand and improve the scholarly community. Although the Honors Program itself is open only to select students, individual honors courses and experiences are available to others who have unique abilities cultivated interests. All students must complete an application of admission and be recommended for participation.