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Honors courses encourage deeper inquiry and creative, interactive learning. Students explore material in greater detail and benefit from smaller class sizes and more faculty interaction.
Honors students take one extra credit鈥攁 one-credit Honors 129 seminar that counts toward graduation. Otherwise, they take the same number of courses as other students but in more challenging and stimulating classes.
Only open to Honors students, these classes have smaller sizes, more interaction, and more challenging coursework.
Listed twice in the schedule, these courses include both Honors and non-Honors students. Honors students complete the regular syllabus plus an extra Honors component, usually designed by the professor. No contract form is needed.
If a course is not offered as stand-alone or cross-listed, a student may add an Honors component by creating an Honors contract with the professor. The student is responsible for both the regular syllabus and the Honors project. Students should approach professors within the first two weeks. Contracts are allowed for any degree course except 1-credit classes and 100-level language courses (which require department chair approval).
Students must complete an or to earn Honors credit.