Request for Approval of an Honors Section of an Existing Course

For the Academic Year________ Requestor(s):_________________________________________
Approval is for one academic year only Date:_____________

A. Please submit with this form the syllabus of this proposed course and the syllabus of any related non-honors course. Both syllabi should include information on t exts/readings to be used, tests, papers, presentations, projects, etc., and topics to be covered.

B.
Course title and description: Proposed Honors Course






Course title and description: Related Non-Honors Course






C. List admission criteria for the proposed course (membership in the Honors Degree Program, GPA, placement test, portfolio of previous work, personal interview, etc.). It is expected that students registering for honors courses will have a GPA of at least 3.4 in their major and/or the offering department.





D. What primary sources, original experiments and research, experiential learning, etc. will be used in this course that are not normally assigned in a related non-honors course?




E. When compared to a non-honors course, an honors course should
  1. cover material in greater depth,
  2. encompass more complex concepts, stressing analysis,
  3. place greater emphasis on communication skills,
  4. include discussion of applicable theories in the field,
  5. require of the students more preparation and class participation, including more ambitious papers or projects, as well as a greater share of responsibility for learning,
  6. involve more state-of-the-art technology whenever possible and appropriate.
How would the proposed course meet these requirements? List these explanations in order of greatest impact.

















F. Please describe how the students' performance will be evaluated.







 Approval and Routing:

_______________________________________
1. Department Chair, Date

_______________________________________
3. Chair, HICP, Date		 _______________________________________
2. Academic Dean, Date

4. Send to N. Ritchey (Mathematics),
Director of Honors.