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'''UCA Student Handbook'''
 
'''UCA Student Handbook'''
  
====Honors Academic Calendar/Student Timeline====
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====Honors Faculty and Staff====
  
====Good Standing/Criteria for Continuation in the Program====
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*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
 +
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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
  
====Honors Faculty and Staff====
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====Expectations of All Honors Students====
  
*Honors Faculty/Staff Roles & Responsibilities
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*Academic Eligibility
*Contact Information
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*Course and Credit Requirements
*Honors Faculty Office Hours
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*Academic Integrity & Misconduct
 
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*Retaking Honors Classes
====The University and Its Colleges====
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*Student Contact Information & Policies
 
 
*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
 +
*Honors College Statistics
 +
*Basic Characteristics of an Honors College
  
 
====Honors College Curriculum====
 
====Honors College Curriculum====
  
 +
*What to Expect in an Honors Course ("Basic Characteristics")
 
*The Honors Program
 
*The Honors Program
**Information for First-Year Students
 
***Summer & Winter Readers
 
***eReader
 
**Information for Second-Year Students
 
***Minor Degree Requirements
 
 
*The Honors College
 
*The Honors College
**Information for Third-Year Students
 
**Information for Fourth-Year Students
 
 
*Independent Study Courses
 
*Independent Study Courses
 
*Special Topics Courses
 
*Special Topics Courses
 
*Service Learning
 
*Service Learning
*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
====Expectations of Honors Students====
 
 
 
*Academic Eligibility
 
*Course and Credit Requirements
 
*Academic Integrity
 
*Retaking Honors Classes
 
*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
 +
**High Tables
 +
**Soapboxes
 +
**Contemporary Foreign Cinema Series
 +
**Free School
 
*Honors Student Organizations & Leadership Groups
 
*Honors Student Organizations & Leadership Groups
 +
**Honors Council
 +
**Ambassadors
 +
**Mentors
 +
**Pedagogical Associates
 
*Travel Abroad Grants
 
*Travel Abroad Grants
 
*Undergraduate Research Grants
 
*Undergraduate Research Grants
 +
*Student Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF)
 
*Internships
 
*Internships
 +
*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
 
====Tutorial & Thesis Requirements====
 
 
*Advisors & Contracts
 
*Thesis Presentation Day
 
 
====Graduation====
 
 
*Filing for Graduation
 
*Requirements Checklist
 
*Senior Class Photo
 
*Senior Banquet
 
*Commencement
 
*Transcript & Diploma Designations
 
  
 
====Living & Learning Facilities====
 
====Living & Learning Facilities====
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====Honors Social Media====
 
====Honors Social Media====
  
*Honors College Online
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*Honors College Online/Honors Web Portal
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**Forums
 +
**Virtual Classrooms
 
*Facebook
 
*Facebook
 
*Twitter
 
*Twitter
 
*YouTube
 
*YouTube
  
====Applying to the Honors College
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====Admission to the Honors College====
  
*Applicant Profile
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*Admissions Qualifications
 +
*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
MATRICULATION INTO THE MINOR DEGREE PROGRAM
 
SOPHOMORE LECTURES
 
HONORS INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: WHAT IS IT?
 
CHECKING TRANSCRIPT & REQUESTING AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
 
FILING FOR GRADUATION
 
HONORS COUNCIL
 
AMBASSADORS
 
MENTORS
 
HONORS COLLEGE ONLINE/HONORS WEB PORTAL
 
HONORS GRADING
 
VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
 
CHALLENGE WEEK
 
HIGH TABLES
 
CONTEMPORARY FOREIGN CINEMA SERIES
 
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
 
HONORS COLLEGE HISTORY
 
SEMESTER AUDITS/GRADE REVIEW
 
STATE, REGIONAL & NATIONAL HONORS ORGANIZATIONS
 
HONORS COLLEGE ALUMNI CHAPTER
 
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AN HONORS COLLEGE
 
WHAT TO EXPECT IN AN HONORS COURSE: BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AN HONORS COURSE
 
COURSE EVALUATIONS
 
STUDENT TIMELINE
 
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AT UCA
 
SENIOR DISTINCTIONS
 
HONORS COLLEGE STATISTICS
 
HONORS COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS
 
UCA HONORS COUNCIL
 
ADMISSIONS QUALIFICATIONS
 
ADMISSIONS PROCEDURES
 
PROFESSORS, PIZZA, AND PIE
 
FALL RETREAT
 
PARTICIPATION FEES
 
LATIN DESIGNATIONS
 
HONORS MEDALLION
 
SENIOR CLASS PHOTO
 
HONORS SOCIAL MEDIA
 
PERIODIC SURVEYS
 
SUMMER S.O.A.R. & WELCOME WEEK
 
TUTORIAL CONTRACTS
 
STUDENT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FUND (SURF)
 
FREE SCHOOL
 
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