UCA Honors Student Handbook

UCA Student Handbook

Honors Faculty and Staff

• Honors Faculty/Staff Roles & Responsibilities
• Contact Information
• Honors Faculty Office Hours

Honors Academic Calendar

• Monday, August 22 - Opening Convocation at Reynolds (Donna and Rick)

9:30-10:25 am 11:45 am-12:30 pm Picnic Lunch (optional) 12:30-1:20 pm Honors Core I Instructors’ Meeting 1:30-2:45 pm Honors College Freshman Large Group (Orientation, followed by “Where is Your Self Located” discussion led by Rick—Baum Gallery Lecture Hall)

• Tuesday, August 23

9:30-10:30 am Department meeting (MAC 303) [Agenda: 2011-12 Academic Year Events]

• Wednesday, August 24

9:00-10:00 am Faculty Meeting (Goals for 2011-12) 5:00-7:00 pm Rising Scholars Banquet (Brewer-Hegeman)

• Thursday, August 25

Classes begin

• Friday, August 26

12:00-12:50 Honors Core I Small Group Sessions

Professors, Pizza, and Pie (5:30-7:00 pm, Middleton Forum)

• Monday, August 29 Adam Frank
• Wednesday, August 31 Donna Bowman
• Thursday, September 1 Allison Wallace
• Wednesday, September 7 Phil Frana
• Thursday, September 8 Doug Corbitt

• September 9-11 Freshman Fall Retreat - Winthrop Rockefeller Center

Wednesday, August 24-Rising Scholars Banquet Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center Tuesday, August 30-Professors, Pizza, and Pie Wednesday, August 31-Professors, Pizza, and Pie Thursday, September 1-Professors, Pizza, and Pie Wednesday, September 7-Professors, Pizza, and Pie Thursday, September 8-Professors, Pizza, and Pie Thursday, September 8-Graduation Orientation, x-period Friday, September 9 - Sunday, September 11-Fall Retreat Tuesday, September 13-Make-up Graduation Orientation, x-period Tuesday, September 13-Make-up Sophomore Lectures, x-period Thursday, September 29-TAG/URGE Orientation Session Friday, December 16-Senior Thesis and Banquet Day Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms

Spring 2012 Friday, January 20-Freshman Lock-In Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms Saturday, February 11-Sophomore Lectures Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms Monday, February 20-Inform & Interview Days Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms Friday, March 2-Inform & Interview Days Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms Monday, March 12-Inform & Interview Days Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms Friday, May 4-Senior Thesis and Banquet Day Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms

Student Timeline

• Information for First-Year Students
  • Summer & Winter Readers
  • eReader
  • Incoming Freshman Survey
  • Professors, Pizza & Pie
  • Fall Retreat
  • Undergraduate Research Opportunities

• Information for Second-Year Students
  • Minor Degree Requirements
  • Sophomore Lectures

• Information for Third Year Students
  • Rising Junior Banquet
  • Rising Junior Survey
  • Oxford Tutorial
    • Advisors & Tutorial Contracts

• Information for Fourth Year Students
  • Senior Seminar
  • Senior Thesis
  • Senior Distinctions
  • Graduation
    • Filing for Graduation
    • Honors Exit Survey
    • Choosing an Honors Medallion
    • Senior Class Photo
    • Senior Banquet
    • Commencement
    • Requesting an Official Transcript
    • Transcript & Diploma Designations
    • Latin Honors Designations

Criteria for Continuation in the Program ("Good Standing")

• Semester Audits ("Grade Review")
• Scholarships
• Withdrawal from the Program
• Dismissal
• Exit Interviews

Expectations of All Honors Students

• Academic Eligibility
• Course and Credit Requirements
• Academic Integrity & Misconduct
• Retaking Honors Classes
• Student Contact Information & Policies

Honors Philosophy

• What is Honors Interdisciplinary Studies?
• Mission Statement and Objectives
• Developmental Learning Statement
• The Lively Experiment
• The Challenge
• Honors College History
• Honors College Statistics
• Basic Characteristics of an Honors College

Honors College Curriculum

• What to Expect in an Honors Course ("Basic Characteristics")
• The Honors Program
• The Honors College
• Independent Study Courses
• Special Topics Courses
• Service Learning
• Honors College Class Descriptions, 2001-present
• Class Registration Policies & Deadlines
• Course Evaluations

Honors Student Resources

• Honors Advising
• Honors Co-curricular Activities
  • Challenge Week
  • High Tables
  • Soapboxes
  • Contemporary Foreign Cinema Series
  • Free School
• Honors Student Organizations & Leadership Groups
  • Honors Council
  • Ambassadors
  • Mentors
  • Pedagogical Associates
• Travel Abroad Grants
• Undergraduate Research Grants
• Student Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF)
• Internships
• Regional and National Honors Conferences
• National Scholarships & Fellowships
• Undergraduate Publication Opportunities
• Honors College Alumni Chapter

Campus Resources

• Academic Advising Center
• Counseling Services
• Financial Aid & Stacking Policies
• Student Health Center

Living & Learning Facilities

• Farris Hall Residential Learning Community
• Housing Policies
• Glenda Middleton Forum
• Farris Presentation Hall
• Honors Faculty Office in Farris Hall
• Ethnography Lab

Honors Social Media

• Honors College Online
  • Honors Web Portal
  • Discussion Forums
  • Virtual Classrooms
  • Senior Honors Theses Online
• Facebook
• Twitter
• YouTube

Admission to the Honors College

• Admissions Qualifications
• Admissions Procedures
• Recruitment, Inform & Interview
• Summer S.O.A.R.
• Welcome Week
• Participation Fees