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The Honors
College promotes and supports ambitious academic
goals for talented and motivated undergraduate
students, as well as innovative teaching, mentoring,
and scholarship by our faculty.
The various
formal Honors programs at ETSU are designed to
provide unique educational opportunities for
academically and artistically talented students. Our
goals focus on recruiting exceptional students,
nurturing their intellectual growth through
challenging curricula, promoting their commitment to
lifelong learning and service, and instilling the
desire to advance knowledge in their chosen fields.
The Honors programs enlist exceptional faculty who
are provided opportunities to promote innovative and
creative approaches to teaching and one-on-one
mentoring in their classrooms and laboratories.
In
some instances, designated Honors courses cannot be
offered for Honors students, especially in
particular programs. As an alternative, departments
may offer “honors-enriched” sections of regular
courses. These sections are indicated as “-088”
during regular semesters and “-008” for summer
terms. This system has been devised for two
reasons:
- to signal the Registrar’s Office to add
“Honors” to the course title for -088
honors-enriched sections for the student transcript;
and
- to track honors student progress to
graduation requirements.
Students who wish to enroll in an honors-enriched
section must first obtain approval and participation
of the professor teaching the course. The
student and professor arrange for additional
coursework or experiences to provide an
honors-enriched component of the course (see below
for more information). Once this agreement is
reached, the course section must be put in the
schedule. If planned in advance,
the section can be listed by the department in the
normal process. If not planned, then the honors-enriched section must be added by the Registrar’s
Office.
HOW
TO:
Honors-Enriched Sections in advance
If
planned in advance, the easiest approach is to
include an honors-enriched section of a course in
the regular class schedule. The course section
meets at the same time and location and professor as
the regular section, but is designated “-088” (fall
and spring) or “-008” (summer terms). Example:
Regular section = MATH 1910-001, TR
9:30-11:00am, Dr. Staff
Honors Enriched
Fall or Spring = MATH
1910-088, TR 9:30-11:00am, Dr. Staff
Summer = MATH 1910-008, TR 9:30-11:00am, Dr. Staff
Honors-enriched sections should be
BY PERMIT
ONLY (APPROVAL OF INSTRUCTOR). The student
should request a permit from the professor in order
to enroll; or the professor may request the
department chair or executive aide (it varies by
department) to enter a permit for the student(s) prior
to open enrollment times.
HOW
TO:
Honors-Enriched Sections after schedule
deadlineThe same system of numbering
and scheduling applies if an honors-enriched section
needs to be added “last minute.” Again, the
professor first must approve the arrangement and be
willing to work with the student. The professor
should then contact the department chair and/or
executive aide to request the -088 or -008 section and
confirm approval. The only difference here is that
the honors-enriched section needs to be written up
on a BLUE CARD
(“Request for Course Schedule Change”) and submitted
through the appropriate Dean's Office to the
Registrar. The Registrar will enter the course in
the main system, after which permits for students
can be added by departments. Such “last minute”
honors-enriched sections should also be BY PERMIT
ONLY.
The Registrar will
place “Honors” on the transcript course title for
students enrolled in these sections.
Honors-Enrichment ActivitiesTo make a regular course an
honors-enriched course and to receive appropriate
honors designation, the student and instructor
arrange special assignments or activities to expand
the diversity or coverage of the regular course.
This is similar to arrangements made for graduate
students in courses that include undergraduates.
The honors-enriched designation should provide the
student with an opportunity to think carefully and
critically about course content and format,
resulting in an enriched academic experience. The
intent is not to “just” add assignments, but to
arrange activities that expand the experience for
the student. Possible examples of student
activities include the following:
projects/experiments not part of the regular
course;
case
studies/written report on a special research project;
oral presentation
or “lecture” to the class on special topic or
research effort;
actually teaching
of a few laboratory or discussion meetings;
major term paper
on a special topic;
community service
project.
In general, other than the enrichment experience, the
demand on the Honors student should be the same as
on the non-Honors students in the class. Departments
with formal Honors-in-Discipline programs may have
lists of approved activities for honors enrichment;
please check with the Honors Coordinator in the
department. |
