We limit our class size to 15. We get some of the very best professors on campus to teach these courses. Honors courses are designed to be more student involved, seminar based. Honors students will have more discussions, write more papers, have more influence on the syllabus and reading list, do more research, and are counted upon by the class for their input. This is different from the typical lecture, note-taking, objective exam pattern found in many larger university courses.
Students generally take no more than one Honors course per semester.
Occasionally upperclassmen take two. Freshmen are only permitted one Honors course per semester. Another important part of the Honors Program is our residential Kittredge Honors Program. This program was designed by then-Director of the Honors Program, Jack Kelso and the students participating in the program. Its broad purpose is to combine the advantages of a large research university with the intimacy of a small liberal arts college.