How do honors classes in college work? Can you only take them if you were accepted into the honors program?
If so, what are other higher level classes available in case a student doesn’t get into the honors program but still wants to take certain more challenging classes.
I think it varies by class. My dc is in the SMU honors program and has had some classes that were strictly honors,as well as some regular classes that s/he took for honors credit. In this case, additional work was required. In addition, s/he has been able to take some grad level courses, which I think are available to anyone who meets the pre-reqs and has teacher approval. I will say, the honors program at SMU has been a positive experience for my dc. Before accepting at SMU, s/he sat in on honors classes at both SMU and TCU and found the SMU program far superior.