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Guide for Developing Honors Courses

An honors course should clearly indicate in the course outline of record the additional requirements that make it an honors course. Add additional requirements to all areas below:

Course Description

Add one of the below to the course description:

  1. Example: Honors ______ uses the pedagogical methods common to all Honors courses: writing-intensive, collaborative, and experiential instruction. As an honors course, there is a focus on analytical writing and exploring the field through reading primary source research.
  2. Example: Honors ______ uses advanced teaching methods and current real-world business situations to enhance and deepen student learning of critical concepts and frameworks in ______. With an emphasis on research and analysis, students have the opportunity to apply critical thinking skills and concepts to develop their knowledge of ______.
  3. Example: Honors uses the pedagogical methods common to all Honors courses: trans-disciplinary, writing-intensive, collaborative, and experiential instruction. As an honors course, there is a focus on analytical writing and an emphasis on a higher degree of student participation and leadership in class discussions and other interactive teaching/learning techniques that are generally unsuitable for larger undergraduate courses.

Methods of Instruction
  1. Choose Honors Pedagogy from drop down menu and in rationale textbox add:
    1. Example: The instructor challenges students to engage in writing-intensive, collaborative, and experiential learning to enhance the students' understanding and mastery of course material.
  2. Choose another fitting method of instruction and add in the textbox where appropriate:
    1. Example: The instructor facilitates research and project presentations on to encourage students to critically analyze primary source research in the field of and present it in a professional way to their peers.
    2. OR
    3. Example: The instructor facilitates honors group projects (or class presentations, in-depth class discussions, advanced problem solving, critical analysis etc.) on ______.

Assignment

Add the Honors research paper or analytical project below the critical thinking assignment.

  1. Example: Research and write a 10-page paper addressing. Critical analysis of primary source articles is required.
  2. OR
  3. Example: Complete and deliver a class presentation on ______ which critically analyzes ______.

Methods of Evaluation

Choose an appropriate method of evaluation from drop down menu and in rationale textbox add a description of an honors assignment that will be evaluated.

  1. Example: The instructor assigns a 10- to 15-page research paper assignment on ______ to evaluate students' critical thinking skills, and their ability to apply concepts from the class to individually-designed research questions.
  2. OR
  3. Example: The instructor requires students to undertake critical analysis of primary source research articles and prepare an in-class presentation.

Course Objectives

Add an objective that describes the extra honors research paper or project.

  1. Example: Write analytical papers by synthesizing and critically analyzing primary source research in the field of ______.
  2. OR
  3. Example: Demonstrate the ability to conduct additional exploration, research, and analysis in the field of ______.

Course Outline

Add at least one item to the outline that describes how honors research will be added to the course.

  1. Example: Synthesizing and critically analyzing primary source research in ___.
  2. Example: Critical analysis and synthesis of primary source research in ___.
  3. Example: Integration of secondary research and highest order critical thinking skills into written materials commensurate with Honors pedagogy.
  4. Example: Use of primary resources to analyze ___.
  5. Example: Honors essay of ___, drawing upon additional research into relevant primary and secondary sources.