Criteria for Approval of In-Course Honors Proposals

     Proposals must be submitted to the Honors Program by the instructor of the course in which In-Course Honors is proposed.

     No more than two proposals for no more than six hours of honors work may be approved for any given student in a single semester.

     No more than three proposals per faculty member.

     Only proposals submitted by the end of the second week of the semester will be considered.

     Selection of successful proposals will be made from the pool of proposals for In-Course Honors submitted during each semester's proposal review period.

     The proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria:

     

  • The extent to which proposed Honors coursework is well specified;

         

  • The extent to which proposed Honors coursework is in accordance with the criteria for In-Course Honors coursework;

         

  • The extent to which previous In-Course Honors coursework in this course and/or by this proposing faculty member has furthered the goals and objectives of the Honors Program, based on both student feedback and Honors Committee review;

         

  • The extent that the previous involvement of the student, if any, with In-Course Honors coursework has furthered the goals and objectives of the All University Honors Program, based on both faculty feedback and Honors Committee review.