The Honors Program
is designed for a highly select group of students whose high
school record, rank in class and SAT scores indicate superior
scholastic aptitude or who in their college work demonstrate
unusual proficiency and scholarly interests through a superior
grade point average.
Students accepted
in the Honors Program are encouraged to devise their own curricula
in consultation with the academic deans and other advisors.
In addition to fulfilling the requirements for their major,
First Year Seminar, English Composition, fitness/Wellness,
and Foreign Language, students must fulfill the following:
Cumulative
Average of 3.5 or Higher
Four Honors
Designated courses
Two Honors
Seminars
Independent
Research Project
Honors Designated Courses
Students in the
Honors Program are offered two seminars as well as honors
sections of already existing courses in order to provide them
with a broad-base of knowledge in the liberal arts and to
challenge and enhance their special interests and abilities.
Each semester, three courses from the core curriculum of the
College are designated for Honors Courses, incorporating the
rigor of in-depth study with the breadth of experience and
understanding for which the liberal arts education is valued.
Your participation in Honors Courses will expose you to ideas
and personalities outside your own major field of study. You
will find diversity and originality of thought that will expand
your way thinking, even as your solidify your own convictions
and beliefs.
The Honors Seminars
bring students and faculty together in an exploration of topical
ideas and issues. The free exchange of ideas encourages independent
thought and expression, based always in solid research and
disciplined academic work. What results is intellectual and
personal growth, a habit of reflective listening and well-reasoned
response that is as valued in the boardroom as it is in the
classroom.
ID 255, Honors Multidisciplinary Seminar: Multidisciplinary
Gender Studies
FLAN 255, Masterpieces of World Literature
As an Honors student,
you are expected to take 18 credits of honors seminars/courses
combined with an additional 6 credits in general education
areas for a total of 24 general education requirements rather
than the usual 36 required for students at the College. This
format provides flexibility in curriculum design for the Honors
Program students. Choosing the Honors Program early in your
career at the College of Saint Elizabeth will allow you to
maximize that opportunity.
Independent Research Project
Each student in
the Honors Program prepares a faculty mentored Honors Independent
Study Project which is presented publicly to the College community.
This experience, which offers students the opportunity to
plan, execute, and present an important project, increases
students' ability to organize their work, expand their problem
solving abilities, and practice a variety of leadership skills.
The province of
the mind has no boundaries. With the support and guidance
of your professors, you will tackle and master projects of
your own choosing, adding your personal contribution to the
world store of knowledge and ideas. Recent Honors students
at the College of Saint Elizabeth have researched such topic
as:
Language Abilities
of Autistic Children
DNA Stability
in Escherichia Coli
Parish Monuments
and French History
Sociology of
Ocean Grove, New Jersey
Economics of
Southeast Asia
Sexual Harassment
and the Law
Trends in Volunteerism
Integrating
Music in the Curriculum
Honors students
often publish the results of their completed research in Sophia,
the Honors journal. Many also have presented and been honored
in the public arena- before their peers form other colleges
and before workers in the field at educational and professional
association conferences. All Honors students make a formal
presentation of their work on campus before the Honors faculty
and students, thus fulfilling one of the goals of the Honors
Program: learning from one another, teaching one another.
Events
Students in the
Honors Program celebrate their achievements and have fun too!
The Program sponsors speakers, sleeping bag seminars and trips
to conferences and museums. Honors students have an induction
ceremony and an end of the year banquet.
