All Honors students
admitted to the Honors Program fall 2007 and later (including the Centralis
Scholarship and Multicultural Advancement Award of Distinction recipients) must complete each of the following Honors protocol
components if they desire to graduate with Honors Program distinction.
Completion of the Honors protocol will result in “Honors Program Graduate”
being noted on the student’s permanent transcript. The Honors protocol
requirements are as follows:
(1)
Complete at least 22 credits of Honors coursework before graduation from CMU
(in addition to HON 499), of which
1 credit must be HON 100 and 9 credits must be taken at the 300 level or above.
Honors coursework is defined as HON classes, H-designated classes, and
Honors Contracts successfully completed. Honors Contracts may be
used to fulfill a maximum of 6 of these 22 credits, with approval of the
Honors Director.
(2) Complete a
minimum of 6-8 credit hours of a single foreign language at the college or
university level (retroactive credit hours in foreign language awarded through
placement examination do not apply), or an alternative as approved by the
Honors Program Director.
(3)
Participate in a university or community volunteer service project, completing
120 hours of volunteer service during one’s four years at CMU.
(4) Complete a
Senior Honors project and enroll in HON 499. The senior project involves research or a creative endeavor
conducted with a faculty advisor from the student’s major or minor
discipline. Before beginning the senior project, students must complete a
senior project proposal form outlining the goals of the project and signed by
the faculty advisor. Students are encouraged to begin planning for the senior
project during their junior or third year of study at CMU. The
senior project proposal is due two full semesters before the student plans
to graduate (excluding summer semesters). The completed senior project
and all other protocol requirements are due at least one full semester
before the student plans to graduate. Students are
expected to present their project at the Student Research and Creative
Endeavors Exhibition the spring semester of their senior year.
NOTE: A
student must maintain a cumulative CMU grade point average of 3.25 to remain
active in and graduate from the Honors Program. Students are required to earn a
grade of at least “B-” in all H, HON, or Honors Contract courses.
An Honors course may not be counted in more than one of the four areas of the
Protocol.
Suggested Plan of
Honors Protocol Completion
|
Year |
Semester |
Freshman Year
|
Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
|
Honors Colloquium Course |
Honors Course |
|
Honors Course |
Foreign Language 2 |
|
Foreign Language 1 |
|
Sophomore Year
|
Honors Course |
Honors Course |
Junior Year
|
Honors Course at the 300 level or
above in your discipline (usually an Honors Contract)
|
Honors Course at the 300 level or
above in your discipline (usually an Honors Contract) |
|
Honors Senior Project Proposal Due
by Friday of finals week |
Senior Year
|
Senior Honors Project Due to
Honors Office by Friday of finals week |
|
|
HON 499—Honors Senior Project |
|
