<p>I was wondering, among the larger universities, which ones give students the option of smaller classes without requiring them to be in a separate honors college? </p>
<p>I recently visited UNC and i really liked the way their honors program was set up. It's really open; the honors students don't live in special dorms or anything, and you don't even need to actually be in the honors program to take honors classes (you just need a certain GPA). I thought this flexibility was really cool. My mom has kind of been pushing me towards colleges with small discussion-based classes (she says i learn better that way), but since i'm undecided about my major (but probably science) i've been flip-flopping between LACs with small classes and universities with more options. I liked how at UNC, i could take a smaller class if a certain class was important to me and/or i felt i would need more personal attention in that class.</p>
<p>Anyway, i was wondering if any other universities did the same sort of thing. I've heard about honors colleges within a university, but i liked UNC's model a lot better, with the honors classes more integrated with the rest of the school. Names of other schools with programs similar to this would be great.</p>
<p>Boston College has an honors program. Honors students take 12 classes together (8 of the classes cover 8./15 core classes) over the course of four years but for all other purposes they are spread throughout the rest of the university. Being in honors allows you to live in special housing if you want (although I would never have chosen that, I loved regular housing) and attend other events. There are also sections of the remaining 7 core classes that are reserved for honors students (up until 3 years ago when I was completing my core, there was at least an honors section of world history (2 core classes) and an honors section of chemistry with allowed you to complete both inorganic and organic in one year), however these add ons are not required and students can choose what history section and what science section to take.
Look up BC honors program. The downside is that you cannot apply to it, you just apply to the university and you may or may not be selected.</p>
<p>The offer honors classes to everyone at UMN, which I think is what you're looking for, but there is also a specific program. Seems pretty integrated to me (I'm actually a regular student at the U and had the option of taking a honors class last year). Here's a link:</p>