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What grade point average do I need to have to remain active in
Honors?
What
grade do I need to get in my Honors coursework?
When
should my senior project be completed?
What
is SRCEE?
I have
heard that an Honors class is more difficult than a non-Honors class. Is this
true?
Will being an Honors student delay my graduation?
Will I
have to live in Honors housing if I am admitted to the Honors Program?
I am
in a residential college, so I thought I couldn’t be part of the Honors Program.
Is that true?
What options do I have to complete my foreign language requirement?
What are the benefits to being in the Honors Program?
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What
grade point average do I need to have to remain active in Honors?
Honors students need
a CMU grade point average of 3.25 to remain active in and graduate from the
Honors Program.
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What
grade do I need to get in my Honors coursework?
You must earn at
least a grade of “C” in all Honors courses.
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When
should my senior project be completed?
The senior project proposal is due at least 2 semesters before you
plan to graduate. Your project must be completed at least 1 semester before you
plan to graduate.
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What
is SRCEE?
SRCEE is the
Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exhibition. It is an opportunity for
Honors students to share their research, scholarly and creative endeavors with a
professional audience and the university at large. It is held at the Student
Activities Center in April. All Honors students should present their senior
project at SRCEE.
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I have heard that an Honors class is more difficult than
a non-Honors class. Is this true?
No. Honors classes
have a qualitative difference, not a quantitative difference. You can do things
in a class of 20 that are difficult to do in a class of 80 or 100. For example,
Honors classes offer more site-visits, field trips, group work, and special
projects. Honors classes are not lecture courses—they involve a high degree of
class discussion and individual contact with the faculty member. Honors students
tell us they prefer to take Honors classes rather than non-Honors classes. A
recent study showed that Honors grades in Honors courses are at least equal to
if not higher than grades awarded in non-Honors sections of the same classes.
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Will being an Honors student delay my graduation?
For most
students the answer is no. During your first semester, our academic
advisor, Ken Rumsey, will assist you in completing an academic planning
document that maps out all the classes you will need to graduate from
CMU—semester by semester. With careful planning, most Honors students are
able to double-count their Honors courses with the courses they already
need in order to satisfy the University Program and competency
requirements, as well as their major and minor. Once all double-counting
is done, some students will still need to take an additional foreign
language course and HON 499, the senior research project course to
complete the Honors Protocol. However, most students have a number of
“general electives” in their field of study and that is how these two
courses might “double-count.”
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Will I have to live in Honors housing if I am admitted to
the Honors Program?
Honors housing is
available for Honors students who choose to live there. The two residence halls
are Larzelere and Trout. The advantages of Honors Housing are that the Honors
Program Office is located in Larzelere Hall, and you would live and study with
fellow Honors students. Many Honors students want to take advantage of Honors
Housing. However, for a variety of reasons, we also have Honors students living
in every residence hall on campus and even off-campus.
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I am in a residential college, so I thought I couldn’t be
part of the Honors Program. Is that true?
No. Many
Honors students participate in the Residential College programs. Those
students live in the hall where their residential college is located, but
they still take Honors classes and participate in Honors events.
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What options do I have to complete my foreign language
requirement?
We require
each Honors student to take two semesters of a single foreign language at
the college level. There is no way to Clep, AP, or test out of this
requirement. The languages CMU offers include: French, German, Spanish,
Japanese, Latin, Russian, Ojibwe, and Chinese. We will also accept
American Sign Language courses to fulfill this requirement. If you choose
to study abroad, and many Honors students do, then we will accept your
study abroad experience as half of this requirement. For example you could
take one semester of French and then go to France and your language
requirement would be fulfilled.
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What are the benefits to being in the Honors Program?
Smaller Class
Size
Specialized
Academic Advising
Honors Housing
Your own
Academic Planning Document
1:1 contact
with faculty members
Priority
Registration
Research
Opportunities
Honors Events
and Activities
Alumni
Mentoring
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