38 39 HONOURS PROGRAMME Director: Ronald L. Holt Location: Library, Room 225 Telephone: 626-6230 I he Honours Programme is designed to offer students of superior ability and motivation opportunities to broaden and enrich their academic program and accelerate their preparation for graduate work. The Honours Programme provides a separate curriculum including courses that fulfill part of a student's general education requirements. In addition to general education classes, workshops, seminars, upper division classes, tutorials and independent study and research classes are offered. University Honours students write a senior thesis as a capstone experience. Honours Programme classes are limited to a maximum of twenty students and are taught by a select faculty. Honours faculty members are distinguished by their commitment to academic excellence and for their ability to work and communicate with highly motivated undergraduate students. Our teaching method emphasizes reading original sources, writing essays and socratic dialogue. The Honours Programme also creates a learning community of students and faculty through extracurricular social and cultural activities, guest speakers, study groups, participation in national and regional conferences and travel abroad opportunities. Honours Certificates Official recognition will be given for the completion of University Honours or Departmental Honours. Notation of these achievements will be made on the graduating Honours student's transcript and diploma and will be entered into the graduation bulletin. In the event a student completes Departmental Honours requirements in more than one department, notation for each will be made on the transcript. Entrance Requirements A student may make application for entrance into the Honours Programme at any time after formal acceptance by the Weber State Admissions Office. However, in order to take advantage of the many options available, early entrance is recommended. An application form is available in the Honours office. The applicant is asked to: 1. Provide evidence of a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.5, ACT 26, or SAT 1150. 2. Provide a recommendation from a university professor, a high school teacher or counselor, or another professional educator, and/or provide the Honours director with a writing sample. 3. Attend an Honours orientation session with the Director. 4. Register for Honours PD 154 Perspectives in the Applied Arts and Sciences: Introduction to Honours Education. 5. Incoming first year students may elect to participate in the Honours Bridge Program. It is recognized that a strict adherence to a grade point average standard may at times bar students whose abilities and motivation are of Honours potential. Therefore, any student may present a special petition for admittance. Students who are strongly motivated towards Honours work are urged to make this special petition to the Honours office. Retention Standards for the Honours Programme To stay in the Honours Programme, participants must maintain a cumulative 3.5 GPA and take an Honours class at least every quarter until the student has completed their general education requirements; thereafter at least one course every other quarter. No grades below "B" will be acceptable for credit toward graduation with University or Departmental Honours. The progress of Honours students is reviewed on a quarterly basis. An Honours student having apparent difficulty in maintaining the aforementioned standards will be offered counseling and assistance from the Honours Professional Staff. The Honours Sequence There are two Honours designations in the Honours Programme: University Honours and Departmental Honours. University Honours are available to all Honours Programme students graduating with a bachelor's degree. Departmental Honours is available to students majoring in departments with designated Departmental Honours options. Students entering the Honours Programme as Freshmen or Sophomores usually elect to graduate with University Honours and students entering the Honours Programme as Juniors or Seniors usually elect to graduate with Departmental Honours. The new Honours student begins taking University Honours classes to satisfy his/her general education requirements beginning with Honors PD154, Perspectives in the Applied Arts and Sciences: Introduction to Honours Education, and then moves on to Honours 290/490 classes and Honours component classes in their major. University Honours To graduate with University Honours a student must complete a minimum of forty credit hours in University Honours classes. Ten of the forty credit hour requirement can be classes with an Honours component in their major. Students must maintain a cumulative 3.5 GPA and complete the Honours Core Requirements. AP scores of 4 or higher will be accepted for University Honours credit up to a maximum total of 12 hours. In order to receive AP credit students must be currently enrolled and pay a recording fee. Credit for comparable college classes for which a student has previously completed will be subtracted from the total credit awarded. Departmental Honours The requirements for graduation with Departmental Honours vary depending on the student's departmental major. For specific requirements see the various Departmental Honours catalog descriptions. Most departments require students graduating with Departmental Honours complete ten credit hours of University Honours classes which should include Honours PD154, Perspectives in the Applied Arts and Sciences: Introduction to Honours Education, and twenty hours of upper division classes in their major with an Honours component, and maintain a cumulative 3.3 G.P.A. AP credit may not be used to waive any requirements for Departmental Honours. Honours Core Honours PD154 Perspectives in the Applied Arts & Sciences: Intro to Honours Education Choose at least one West and one East: HU/SS 211 Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the West in the Classical and Medieval Eras 4 HU/SS 212 Intellectual Traditions: ■ Great Ideas of the Modern Era 4 HU/SS 213 Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the East 4 Honours 311 Great Books 3 or Honours 483 Directed Readings, Oxbridge Tutorial Method 3 Honours 490 Honours Colloquium 2-4 Honours 499* Honours Senior Project 2-8 *Honors 499 is taken over a two quarter period. Normally this is during the last two quarters of the senior year. HONOURS COURSES PS 150. Perspectives in the Physical Sciences (3-5) A, W, S An interdisciplinary approach to the physical sciences. This introductory class deals with basic concepts, problems and issues of the physical sciences. Topics will vary. May be repeated with different course content. LSI51. Perspectives in the Life Sciences (3-5) A, W, S An interdisciplinary approach to the life sciences. This introductory class deals with basic concepts, problems, and issues of the life sciences. Topics will vary. May be repeated with different course content. SS152. Perspectives in the Social Sciences (3-5)A, W, S An interdisciplinary introduction to the social sciences. This introductory course deals with the basic concepts, methods, models and issues of the social sciences. Topics may vary. May be repeated with different class content. HU153. Perspectives in the Humanities (3-5) A, W, S An interdisciplinary approach to the arts and humanities. This introductory class deals with basic concepts, problems and issues of the arts and humanities. Topics will vary. May be repeated with different course content and instructor. PD154. Perspectives in the Applied Arts and Sciences (3-5) A, W, S An interdisciplinary class that emphasizes the application of concepts, skills and problem-solving techniques to the applied arts and sciences. Topics will vary. May be repeated with different course content. HUorSS211. Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the West in the Classical and Medieval Eras (4) A A survey of influential ideas, literature and events that characterize antiquity and the middle ages in the Occident. The student may elect to apply general education credit in this interdisciplinary course to either Social Sciences or Arts and Humanities. HU or SS 212. Intellectual Traditions: Great Ideas of the Modern Era (4) W A survey of the great ideas, literature and events that characterize Western civilization from the renaissance to relativity. The student may elect to apply general education credit for this interdisciplinary course in either Social Sciences or Arts and Humanities. 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