Honors Program University of Cincinnati

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<p>Our S has accepted admission into the Industrial Design Program at DAAP, U. Cincinnati. He just received an invitation to join the Honors Program at UC. And he is a Cincinnatus. Here are some questions for those who are familiar with UC's Honors Program.</p>

<p>1) Considering how demanding DAAP is, how overwhelming will the additional commitment of Honors be?
2) What overlaps do you see between the Honors requirements and the community service required of Cincinnatus scholars?
3) First year students' requirements for Honors - We've read about Honors 101 and the two English requirements. What are they like in terms of study, projects, reading, and extracurricular involvement?</p>

<p>The reason we're posing some of these questions (and please chime in with other views and experiences of Honors) is we also have a D in Graphic Design DAAP, and we know from her that it's REALLY challenging but FUN. We want our S to be engaged, excited, challenged, but not overwhelmed by so much academic requirements. We are concerned that DAAP + Honors + Cincinnatus may get a bit crazy. Want to encourage our S in Honors Program, and really want to hear others' POVs so our S can make the best choice. With or without Honors, I think he will have a blast over the next 5 years in ID/DAAP. Thanks for your input.</p>

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<p>I would post this on the UC forum (under colleges, the listing under C).</p>

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<p>our daughter just received a full Cincinnatus…she will be in Architecture. I know from having two older kids (one at Purdue, one at Indiana Univ.) that the rigors of honors college on top of a demanding field of study can get to be too much.</p>

<p>However, I did speak with jessica King in the office of admissions about this. The difference with UC’s honors program is that they dont’ require alot of extra classes, but rather, offer “experiential learning experiences”…such as trips on spring break, volunteer work etc…so it sounds like it’s not as demanding.</p>

<p>To be honest, here is our plan: Daughter will start out in Honors. if it’s too much, she’s dropping out. the most importnat thing is for her to be happy, thriving, and maintaining the needed GPA to keep her scholarship. “Honors” on the diploma is no biggie for us…our older son at Purdue dropped out of Honors because Electrical Engineering was killing him. So that is our plan. HTH! good luck! (from anotehr DAAP mom)</p>