Difference between revisions of "UCA Honors Student Handbook"

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'''UCA Student Handbook'''
 
'''UCA Student Handbook'''
  
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====Honors Academic Calendar/Student Timeline====
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====Honors Faculty and Staff====
  
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====Good Standing/Criteria for Continuation in the Program====
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*Honors Faculty/Staff Roles & Responsibilities
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*Contact Information
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*Honors Faculty Office Hours
  
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====Honors Academic Calendar====
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====Student Timeline====
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*''Information for First-Year Students''
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**Summer & Winter Readers
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**eReader
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**Incoming Freshman Survey
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**Professors, Pizza & Pie
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**Fall Retreat
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**Undergraduate Research Opportunities
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*''Information for Second-Year Students''
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**Minor Degree Requirements
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**Sophomore Lectures
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*''Information for Third Year Students''
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**Rising Junior Banquet
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**Rising Junior Survey
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**Oxford Tutorial
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***Advisors & Tutorial Contracts
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*''Information for Fourth Year Students''
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**Senior Seminar
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**Senior Thesis
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**Senior Distinctions
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**Graduation
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***Filing for Graduation
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***Honors Exit Survey
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***Choosing an Honors Medallion
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***Senior Class Photo
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***Senior Banquet
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***Commencement
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***Requesting an Official Transcript
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***Transcript & Diploma Designations
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***Latin Honors Designations
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====Criteria for Continuation in the Program ("Good Standing")====
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*Semester Audits ("Grade Review")
 
*Scholarships
 
*Scholarships
 
*Withdrawal from the Program
 
*Withdrawal from the Program
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*Exit Interviews
 
*Exit Interviews
  
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====Honors Faculty and Staff====
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====Expectations of All Honors Students====
  
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*Honors Faculty/Staff Roles & Responsibilities
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*Academic Eligibility
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*Contact Information
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*Course and Credit Requirements
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*Honors Faculty Office Hours
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*Academic Integrity & Misconduct
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*Retaking Honors Classes
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====The University and Its Colleges====
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*Student Contact Information & Policies
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*Programs of Study
 
  
 
====Honors Philosophy====
 
====Honors Philosophy====
  
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*What is Honors Interdisciplinary Studies?
 
*Mission Statement and Objectives
 
*Mission Statement and Objectives
 
*Developmental Learning Statement
 
*Developmental Learning Statement
 
*The Lively Experiment
 
*The Lively Experiment
 
*The Challenge
 
*The Challenge
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*Honors College History
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*Honors College Statistics
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*Basic Characteristics of an Honors College
  
 
====Honors College Curriculum====
 
====Honors College Curriculum====
  
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*What to Expect in an Honors Course ("Basic Characteristics")
 
*The Honors Program
 
*The Honors Program
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**Information for First-Year Students
 
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***Summer & Winter Readers
 
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***eReader
 
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**Information for Second-Year Students
 
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***Minor Degree Requirements
 
 
*The Honors College
 
*The Honors College
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**Information for Third-Year Students
 
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**Information for Fourth-Year Students
 
 
*Independent Study Courses
 
*Independent Study Courses
 
*Special Topics Courses
 
*Special Topics Courses
 
*Service Learning
 
*Service Learning
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*Honors College Class Descriptions, ????-present
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*Honors College Class Descriptions, 2001-present
 
*Class Registration Policies & Deadlines
 
*Class Registration Policies & Deadlines
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*Course Evaluations
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====Expectations of Honors Students====
 
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*Academic Eligibility
 
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*Course and Credit Requirements
 
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*Academic Integrity
 
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*Retaking Honors Classes
 
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*Student Contact Information & Policies
 
  
 
====Honors Student Resources====
 
====Honors Student Resources====
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*Honors Advising
 
*Honors Advising
 
*Honors Co-curricular Activities
 
*Honors Co-curricular Activities
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**Challenge Week
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**High Tables
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**Soapboxes
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**Contemporary Foreign Cinema Series
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**Free School
 
*Honors Student Organizations & Leadership Groups
 
*Honors Student Organizations & Leadership Groups
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**Honors Council
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**Ambassadors
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**Mentors
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**Pedagogical Associates
 
*Travel Abroad Grants
 
*Travel Abroad Grants
 
*Undergraduate Research Grants
 
*Undergraduate Research Grants
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*Student Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF)
 
*Internships
 
*Internships
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*Regional and National Honors Conferences
 
*National Scholarships & Fellowships
 
*National Scholarships & Fellowships
 
*Undergraduate Publication Opportunities
 
*Undergraduate Publication Opportunities
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*Honors College Alumni Chapter
  
 
====Campus Resources====
 
====Campus Resources====
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*Financial Aid & Stacking Policies
 
*Financial Aid & Stacking Policies
 
*Student Health Center
 
*Student Health Center
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====Tutorial & Thesis Requirements====
 
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*Advisors & Contracts
 
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*Thesis Presentation Day
 
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====Graduation====
 
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*Filing for Graduation
 
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*Requirements Checklist
 
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*Senior Class Photo
 
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*Senior Banquet
 
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*Commencement
 
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*Transcript & Diploma Designations
 
  
 
====Living & Learning Facilities====
 
====Living & Learning Facilities====
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====Honors Social Media====
 
====Honors Social Media====
  
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*Honors College Online
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*Honors College Online/Honors Web Portal
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**Forums
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**Virtual Classrooms
 
*Facebook
 
*Facebook
 
*Twitter
 
*Twitter
 
*YouTube
 
*YouTube
  
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====Applying to the Honors College
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====Admission to the Honors College====
  
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*Applicant Profile
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*Admissions Qualifications
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*Admissions Procedures
 
*Recruitment, Inform & Interview
 
*Recruitment, Inform & Interview
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*Summer S.O.A.R.
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*Welcome Week
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*Participation Fees
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MATRICULATION INTO THE MINOR DEGREE PROGRAM
 
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SOPHOMORE LECTURES
 
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HONORS INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: WHAT IS IT?
 
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CHECKING TRANSCRIPT & REQUESTING AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
 
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FILING FOR GRADUATION
 
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HONORS COUNCIL
 
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AMBASSADORS
 
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MENTORS
 
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HONORS COLLEGE ONLINE/HONORS WEB PORTAL
 
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HONORS GRADING
 
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VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
 
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CHALLENGE WEEK
 
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HIGH TABLES
 
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CONTEMPORARY FOREIGN CINEMA SERIES
 
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ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
 
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HONORS COLLEGE HISTORY
 
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SEMESTER AUDITS/GRADE REVIEW
 
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STATE, REGIONAL & NATIONAL HONORS ORGANIZATIONS
 
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HONORS COLLEGE ALUMNI CHAPTER
 
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BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AN HONORS COLLEGE
 
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WHAT TO EXPECT IN AN HONORS COURSE: BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AN HONORS COURSE
 
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COURSE EVALUATIONS
 
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STUDENT TIMELINE
 
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AT UCA
 
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SENIOR DISTINCTIONS
 
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HONORS COLLEGE STATISTICS
 
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HONORS COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS
 
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UCA HONORS COUNCIL
 
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ADMISSIONS QUALIFICATIONS
 
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ADMISSIONS PROCEDURES
 
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PROFESSORS, PIZZA, AND PIE
 
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FALL RETREAT
 
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PARTICIPATION FEES
 
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LATIN DESIGNATIONS
 
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HONORS MEDALLION
 
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SENIOR CLASS PHOTO
 
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HONORS SOCIAL MEDIA
 
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PERIODIC SURVEYS
 
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SUMMER S.O.A.R. & WELCOME WEEK
 
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TUTORIAL CONTRACTS
 
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STUDENT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FUND (SURF)
 
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FREE SCHOOL
 
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SOAPBOXES
 

Revision as of 15:32, 28 July 2011

UCA Student Handbook

Honors Faculty and Staff

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

Honors Academic Calendar

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
    • Forums
    • Virtual Classrooms
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Admission to the Honors College

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