Honors classes

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<p>My son is planning on applying to bama as a engineering student. He has the grades and the act score to apply to the honors program. Are the classes in the honors program for the freshmen and sophomore years smaller in size or is that just in junior/senior level classes. Can someone clarify that for me?</p>

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<p>Hi and welcome!</p>

<p>What is your son’s ACT score? Is he instate or OOS?</p>

<p>Anyway… :)</p>

<p>Are you asking about Honors College classes for the University Honors Program (UHP)? Those are limited to 15 students per class. And, those are all UHP classes.</p>

<p>There are also some honors classed offered by the dept of Engineering , but dept honors classes are larger. </p>

<p>Typically upper division courses in one’s major are not large… Upper division Engineering courses aren’t usually honors classes because by that time, everyone in the major is a well-qualified student.</p>

<p>And, labs are usually always small…like 20-25 kids.</p>

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<p>32 and OOS. He is applying to Ark, OU, OSU and Alabama. He would like to be in smaller classes so that’s why I was asking about the honors program. We will be visiting next month.</p>

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<p>Ok…so he’d get free tuition and 2500 per year. :)</p>

<p>He’d also be a good candidate for the Computer-based Honors Program…20 kids per class for that. </p>

<p>*We will be visiting next month. *</p>

<p>Do you know when you’d be visiting?</p>

<p>If you decide to visit Bama, this is what you need to do…</p>

<p>set up a campus tour time online…try for the early morning one.
[Campus</a> Visits - Undergraduate Admissions - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://gobama.ua.edu/visits/]Campus”>Visit)</p>

<p>send an email to Allison Verhine in the Honors College </p>

<p>In the email, include:</p>

<p>tour time and date
student name & contact info
test scores and GPA
(if a likely NMF, indicate so)
intended major
professional interests (pre-med, pre-law, pre-dental, etc)
interest in Computer Based Honors program and/or University Fellows Program (if desired)
Also, include any thing else that interests you about the school…such as touring the new Science and Engineering Complex and Shelby Hall. </p>

<p>Allison will arrange the rest of the day…meeting with dept heads, honors faculty, touring honors dorms, etc.</p>

<p>Allison Verhine - Honor College Recruitment Coordinator
269 Nott Hall
205-348-5534
<a href=“mailto:allison.verhine@ua.edu”>allison.verhine@ua.edu</a></p>

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<p>Wow thanks for all the great info!</p>

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<p>*He would like to be in smaller classes *</p>

<p>% of classes with less than 20 students…</p>

<p>Alabama: 46%</p>

<p>Tex A&M: 21%</p>

<p>Auburn: 24%</p>

<p>FSU: 34%</p>

<p>UOklahoma: 41%</p>

<p>OkSU: 39%</p>

<p>UMiami: </p>

<p>UArk: 28%</p>

<p>UTex: 34%</p>

<p>UMiami: 53%</p>

<p>Texas Tech: 22%</p>

<p>TCU: 40%</p>