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What exactly is the Honors Curriculum?
The Honors curriculum serves students who plan to go into professional life through demanding undergraduate and graduate programs in competitive colleges and universities. Honors prepares its graduates to succeed at their transfer institutions by training them to excel in their mastery of intertextual interpretation and to understand the role of theory in academics, including knowledge of a range of standard theoretical orientations in the Liberal Arts. Honors courses stress practice in formal academic presentation in both speaking and writing, and practice in the conventions of academic discourse and behavior.
The Honors curriculum is designed to encourage students to be self-reflective about their own intellectual processes and to become more aware of the requirements of different academic discourses in the humanities and social sciences. The courses required in the Honors curriculum are designed to be transferable to other colleges and universities.
To put it another way, students in Honors get good practice in reading, writing, listening and speaking. From that practice, successful Honors students move on to and are able to compete at the four-year colleges and universities to which they transfer.
Can I just take one Honors class to see if it's for me?
Sorry, Honors courses are NEVER offered as single courses. All Honors courses are offered in what are called "blocks."
What is a block?
A block is a set of courses that are linked together and taught by a team of professors who work together to provide a richer classroom experience. Honors courses are always in blocks. Students enrolled full-time will be registered for a 15 credit block of courses. We offer two full-time block schedules: morning and afternoon five days a week. The morning schedule starts at 9:30 AM and ends by either 12:30 (on M & F) or 1:20 PM (on TWR). The afternoon block begins either at 12:00 (on TWR) or 12:30 PM (on M & F) and ends at 3:30.
Are there any part-time courses?
Yes. Students interested in part-time courses can get registered into a 6 credit block. For the Fall 2013 semester we are offering two part-time links: Psychology 101 with English 101, or History 103 with English 102.
Who is eligible?
For new CCP students to be eligible to join Honors, they must successfully complete the reading and writing placement exams. This means that you must be ready for English 101 to start in Honors.
Students who enter the Honors curriculum after completing some college work must have at least a 3.0 GPA in humanities and social science courses and be at least English 101 ready.
Sounds great! Sign me up!
There's one more step: acceptance into the Honors curriculum requires an consultation with one of the Honors faculty.
Ok. What do I need to do?
We recommend that you attend one of our information sessions. Click here for the schedule.
Or
You may call or email Professor Frank Fritz (ffritz@ccp.edu) or Professor Brian Seymour (bseymour@ccp.edu) to set up a consultation.
Or
You may contact any of the following Honors faculty:
Professor Osvil Acosta-Morales, Chairperson of the History/Philosophy Department, BR-21, 215 751-8655 (oacostamorales@ccp.edu)
Professor Monica Hahn, Assistant Professor of Art History, M2-32G, 215 751-8312 (mhahn@ccp.edu)
Professor Michael Loughran, Assistant Professor of English, M3-24A, 215 751-8215 (mloughran@ccp.edu)
Professor Henry Swezey, Associate Professor of History, M3-2A, 215 751 8656 (hswezey@ccp.edu)
The Honors curriculum serves students who plan to go into professional life through demanding undergraduate and graduate programs in competitive colleges and universities. Honors prepares its graduates to succeed at their transfer institutions by training them to excel in their mastery of intertextual interpretation and to understand the role of theory in academics, including knowledge of a range of standard theoretical orientations in the Liberal Arts. Honors courses stress practice in formal academic presentation in both speaking and writing, and practice in the conventions of academic discourse and behavior.
The Honors curriculum is designed to encourage students to be self-reflective about their own intellectual processes and to become more aware of the requirements of different academic discourses in the humanities and social sciences. The courses required in the Honors curriculum are designed to be transferable to other colleges and universities.
To put it another way, students in Honors get good practice in reading, writing, listening and speaking. From that practice, successful Honors students move on to and are able to compete at the four-year colleges and universities to which they transfer.
Can I just take one Honors class to see if it's for me?
Sorry, Honors courses are NEVER offered as single courses. All Honors courses are offered in what are called "blocks."
What is a block?
A block is a set of courses that are linked together and taught by a team of professors who work together to provide a richer classroom experience. Honors courses are always in blocks. Students enrolled full-time will be registered for a 15 credit block of courses. We offer two full-time block schedules: morning and afternoon five days a week. The morning schedule starts at 9:30 AM and ends by either 12:30 (on M & F) or 1:20 PM (on TWR). The afternoon block begins either at 12:00 (on TWR) or 12:30 PM (on M & F) and ends at 3:30.
Are there any part-time courses?
Yes. Students interested in part-time courses can get registered into a 6 credit block. For the Fall 2013 semester we are offering two part-time links: Psychology 101 with English 101, or History 103 with English 102.
Who is eligible?
For new CCP students to be eligible to join Honors, they must successfully complete the reading and writing placement exams. This means that you must be ready for English 101 to start in Honors.
Students who enter the Honors curriculum after completing some college work must have at least a 3.0 GPA in humanities and social science courses and be at least English 101 ready.
Sounds great! Sign me up!
There's one more step: acceptance into the Honors curriculum requires an consultation with one of the Honors faculty.
Ok. What do I need to do?
We recommend that you attend one of our information sessions. Click here for the schedule.
Or
You may call or email Professor Frank Fritz (ffritz@ccp.edu) or Professor Brian Seymour (bseymour@ccp.edu) to set up a consultation.
Or
You may contact any of the following Honors faculty:
Professor Osvil Acosta-Morales, Chairperson of the History/Philosophy Department, BR-21, 215 751-8655 (oacostamorales@ccp.edu)
Professor Monica Hahn, Assistant Professor of Art History, M2-32G, 215 751-8312 (mhahn@ccp.edu)
Professor Michael Loughran, Assistant Professor of English, M3-24A, 215 751-8215 (mloughran@ccp.edu)
Professor Henry Swezey, Associate Professor of History, M3-2A, 215 751 8656 (hswezey@ccp.edu)
