<p>I was wondering if anyone has information on Honors classes.</p>
<p>There are a bunch of 1 credit hour classes like Fresgman, Soph, Junior, Senior forums, Lyceum, Book Clubs, etc… and they want you to take 4 of these. </p>
<p>How do they work, graded, etc… Do they have some sort of tests or is it all participation or ???</p>
<p>Also, some colleges allow you to make a non-honors class into an honors class by working with professors. Has anyone had any luck with that at Auburn? Is it difficult to get a professor to agree/work with you? </p>
<p>My D is coming in with most of her University Core credits already finished, thus it is going to be a struggle to find enough honors classes to get to 18 core honor credits especially without using up every available electives.</p>
<p>Have you received info on the interdisciplinary honors symposiums? Since your daughter will have core classes finished when she comes in to Auburn, I’m not sure this would help her, but these look very interesting. We just got a brochure and letter in the mail yesterday.</p>
<p>Are your daughter’s core credits through AP/IB/dual enrollment? Unfortunately, these credits won’t count towards honors credits, but will count towards general course credit. </p>
<p>Depending on what your advisor tells you, your daughter may be able to just jump right into higher level honors courses, or start the Apogee Experience a little earlier. Some students do finish their honors requirements early, and then subsequently take no honors credits during their senior year. However, Auburn is trying to discourage this, and has been encouraging those who finish requirements early to participate in the Apogee project or write an honors thesis. The more/longer a student participates in honors-related curriculum, and the higher their GPA, the higher their distinction level will be on their diploma.</p>
<p>Thanks Audellmom… Actually just got off the phone with the Honors college. </p>
<p>Honors Core</p>
<p>My D will have 37 college credits via dual enrollment. She is tentatively set up as a dual major with Auburn. Thus for flexibility and versatility reasons we have been looking at what is possible before attending Camp War Eagle and registration. Most of Auburn’s honors classes are in the university core (though there are some higher up). Because of dual majors, free electives to use towards honors may be few if any. It sometimes is possible to work with a professor of a non-honors class to do an honors contract. </p>
<p>We are investigating the interdisplinary/symposium opportunities as the letter said they would like to gauge interest prior to Mar 1. For instance, the Technology & Culture 6 credits a semester (also 3 towards Humanites and 3 towards Social Science core). She has all her Humanities and Social Science cores already, so this would help with the Honors college needs, but would eat up 4 electives (12 credit hours that may be better used towards class needs towards the dual majors). Also, these interdisplinary classes are held many days a week plus the Colloquim on Friday mornings which can possibly cause scheduling difficulties. </p>
<p>Some honors classes are already listed in the Auburn registration system (class lookup) for Fall 2011. The Honors College said the list of all honors classes for Fall 2011 should be ready next week (the online .pdf only has Spring 2011). We’re just trying to gather as much knowledge and tentatively have a plan before Camp War Eagle registration as my D’s situation could be a little messy. </p>
<p>The extra 4 Honors 1 credit classes</p>
<p>We didn’t ask about this, just wondering how these classes are graded or how much time is involved, etc… Some semesters she might have a tougher schedule than others. Should she try to schedule during an ‘easier’ semester(s), or is there not that much to them besides attendance and participation and just work them into as best fits her schedule?</p>
<p>Hopefully an honors student will chime in regarding question on time/grading …</p>
<p>If I had to guess (or at least draw from my college days back in the stone age) – a 1 credit course could culminate in some sort of end-of-semester presentation or paper. My niece (not at Auburn) has a 1 credit honors course in Austria this spring – there is no grade per se, but she’ll get the credit if she submits the required paper.</p>
<p>Of course, time and effort is subjective … I could imagine if my D was not really into the class, (esp. a 1 credit seminar) her effort would reflect her apathy.</p>
<p>Boatfoot
I don’t know how your D’s schedule will be with the double major, but tuition covers anything from 12 credits and above. So hopefully with the credits she is coming in with she can complete her majors requirements, honors requirements and still have room for electives.
When I looked at the class schedule for fall, I noticed a lot of honors classes in the afternoon or on Tuesday and Thursday. Most of the classes my D would be taking were MWF in the morning to early afternoon.</p>
<p>I will chime in regarding the 1 hr required course since our daughter was enrolled in this class. It did not have tests and I do not believe any papers. However, it did require that you go to additional speakers- not sure how many. I believe the class was graded S/U.
Our daughter along with most of the 1st year Architecture students in honors have all found it very difficult to complete the Requirements for the basic honor core classes. The Arch classes they are required to take are offered at very set times and are sequential beginning Fall first year. The times/days of the Honors classes just don’t work with their schedules. Regarding having a professor “make” a class honors I believe there is a limit on the number of hours they will do this for-you may want to check with them. Good luck!</p>
<p>Is there a certain number of honors credits that you have to take each year or is it a number that you have to have taken by the time you graduate?</p>
<p>From the Honors College website, there is not a set number of honors credits you have to take each year. As long as you meet the GPA requirements and you “consistently make satisfactory progress in completing the required Honors courses”, you have till the time you graduate.
Here is a link to the Honor College that shows what is required to graduate and receive a particular honors distinction( there are 4).</p>
<p>I can answer a few questions regarding the 1-credit honor classes (Freshman Exploration, Sophomore Forum, etc). The Honors college requires that you complete 4 credits in these classes. Additionally, you MUST complete at least one of them each year; however, if you take more than one of them during the same year, this does not allow you to forgo the one-per-year requirement (essentially, the additional one would not count).</p>
<p>Personally, I thought that this class was pretty easy. I took Honors Freshman Exploration, which I believe is still being required during your first Fall semester (it was for me). The class is indeed S/U grading, and it consisted of four assignments (this of course might change). The assignments were attending a campus lecture and writing a small essay, doing 4 hours of community service, watching an “honors” movie (w/ some writing), and completing your “honors” plan of study.</p>
<p>Essentially, the class is just meant to introduce you to the many things available on campus, and it does provide some useful information. The assignments are not hard, and you could theoretically complete them all during the first week or so in the semester if you wanted to (some people did this). I procrastinated (of course) and just completed them all about a week or two before the semester was over. I found the class a bit boring and had to “convince” myself to attend sometimes, especially when I would have been better off doing something else.</p>