HONORS PROGRAM
More information about Honors ProgramSpring 2000 Honors Classes
Deadlines
Contract Forms
Are you highly motivated and seeking exceptional learning experiences?
If you answered YES, then the Honors is for you!Benefits of Honors on your Transcript:
- Study a subject in your major or another subject you love in greater depth;
- With five Honors courses, you'll receive preferred admission and priority registration when you transfer to a four-year university;
- Receive consideration for scholarships and grants.
-Invitation only conferences and receptions
- Special Honors transcript designation
- Designated Honors counselor
- Student centered learning environment
- Phi Theta Kappa honor society membershipMore Benefits...
- Career experience through internships or volunteer work;
- Leadership development opportunities;
- Build a support network in a field you want to enter.Priority Admission
Honors students receive consideration for priority admission to UC Irvine, UC Riverside, SDSU, Pepperdine, Pomona and Chapman University.Honors Contracts
What is an Honors contract?
Honors contracts are written agreements between the you and the student in a non-honors section. A simple two-page form, the honors contract specifies honors-level objectives that you will ask your students to meet.
Where can I get the form?
Contract forms are available in the wall pocket in front of the Honors Program office (C202B) or can be printed out here.
What is the deadline?
Forms must be signed by the students and the instructor within the first three weeks of the semester and then forwarded to the Honors Coordinator, Carmen Jay.
Spring 2000 deadlines:
Friday, February 4, 2000: Honors Contract forms dueFriday, February 25, 2000: Honors Syllabi due
Mid-March 2000: Honors Course Proposals for Spring 2001 due
ALL FORMS, SYLLABI, AND PROPOSALS CAN BE DROPPED OFF IN THE HONORS COORDINATOR'S (CARMEN JAY) MAILBOX OR OFFICE (C202B).
What happens after I sign the Honors Contract?
Drop off the Honors Contract in the Honors Coordinator's mailbox. Following approval by the Honors Coordinator, the Honors Contract will be forwarded to the Dean of Arts and Sciences. Following approval by the dean, new course reference numbers will be generated by admissions and students will be automatically transferred to the new number. Instructors will receive new rosters and grade sheets with the word "Honors" in the course title.Do I need to write a new syllabus?
Instructors need to submit a new syllabus (simply list honors objectives and assignments on a regular syllabus) by week six of the semester. Deliver to the Honors Coordinator's mailbox or office (C202B).
Please contact the Honors Coordinator, Carmen Jay , with any questions about the contract process.
Honors Contracts are individual agreements between a student and the instructor that enable the student to do Honors level work and receive Honors credit, providing flexibility in scheduling.Interested in developing an Honors Contract?
- Honors Contract forms (available from the Honors Coordinator) must be signed within the first three weeks of the semester -- plan ahead
- The Contract specifies honors-level objectives and tasks to be completed by the student in addition to the regular course objectives. Instructors will provide students with a new honors syllabus specifying those objectives/tasks.Eligibility and Applications
Honors Book Award
TO qualifying Students must meet the following criteria:
- be currently enrolled as a full or part-time student
- have a 3.25 cumulative average IN 12 or more college-level units
- students WITH LESS THAN 12 UNITS must qualify on the Miramar College placement test
- be B.O.G. (Board of Governor's Grant) eligible (contact your campus office of Financial Aid for more information)
Awards can be as much as $250 per semester for full-time students and $125 for part-time students.
Deadline for the spring 2000 semester is Friday, February 4.
Submit application to the Honors Program office, C202B.
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For Information Call: (858) 536-7894 |
CARMEN JAY, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH Office: C202B Phone: (858) 536-7894
Professor of English Miramar College Honors Coordinator Designer and editor, Cultural Diversity Newsletter Editor-in-chief, Student's
Window literary magazine Presenter at the University
of California, San Diego: Winner, National Endowment for the Humanities Study Grant Scholarship includes: "Maria Luisa Bombal, Luisa Valenzuela, and Isabel Allende: A Modernist Vision" |
Offered this Spring 2000:
CRN#01560 - Honors Psychology 101 - General Psychology - Mon/Wed 9:00am-10:30am
(Check Psychology course listing for details)CRN#00957 - Honors Speech 103 - Oral Communications - Mon/Wed 10:30am-12noon
(Check Speech course listing for details)
