Honors Courses
Honors courses are designed to challenge students.
The Honors Program experience begins with honors-designated courses in the core-curriculum.
Juniors and seniors can take an interdisciplinary discussion seminar (HON 301—Honors Reading Room, 1 credit hour).
To complete the Honors Program, a student must take a minimum of eight honors courses (excluding RHC 100), with a minimum of four (4) honors-designated core courses and a minimum of two (2) HON 301 seminars. The student may take four core courses and four seminars, five core courses and three seminars, or six core courses and two seminars.
As an additional requirement to be designated as an Honors Program Graduate, the student should supply evidence of forty (40) hours of stewardship (non-compensated campus or community service) from any time during his or her four years of baccalaureate study.
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Outline of Honors Courses
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Honors-designated core course (3-4 credit hours each)
This course, open to Honors Program students at all four levels, provides a more challenging quality, not increased quantity, of assignments. The course might include more sophisticated readings and more creative projects. It might also include some kind of extracurricular activity, like a field trip to a museum or class service project.
HON 301 Honors Reading Room. (1 credit hour each)
This course is primarily for juniors and seniors. It focuses on a great book or a recent cutting-edge book in a particular discipline. The course meets every other week (four times) for two-hour sessions during the first term of a semester. The student writes about 10-12 pages of commentary about the book during the course. The writing assignments might be distributed differently (for example, as 4 three-page papers or 3 four-page papers) depending on the professor. Attendance at class discussion is mandatory.
The student may retake the course with a different book discussion and receive 1 credit hour for each time. However, a student may not take more than one section at a time.
For more information
Dr. Margaret M. Morlier
Associate Professor of English
Director of the Honors Program
770-720-5579
mmm@reinhardt.edu
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"The Honors Program helps me to reach my potential as a student, with an atmosphere that combines high caliber course material and support among high achieving students."
Caitlan Sumner '11
English Major |
