学院荣誉
The 荣誉项目 constantly solicits new courses. 每年秋天,皇冠投注都会提前一年从全日制教师中招聘. We welcome proposals from adjunct faculty as well.
- 课程名称和级别(100,200,300)
- Term/year you’d like to teach the course (Please plan ahead. We cannot guarantee that your course can be offered at the semester you request.)
- Draft syllabus showing the means of evaluation, readings, 等.
看到 荣誉课程建议表格 (医生)
You can submit as many course proposals as you want. Upon approval by the Honors Director and the University Honors Board (UHB), your course(s) will be added to the appropriate semester’s schedule when space permits. 请注意,接受课程建议并不能保证将其安排到给定学期的时间表中. 由于皇冠投注收到了大量的课程请求,因此尽可能提前计划是有帮助的.
如果你感兴趣,你也可以要求去参加你的同事教的HN课程.
在理想的荣誉课堂中,每个人都是不可或缺的资源,无论是学生还是教师. Early in the semester take some time to get acquainted. 向学生传达你的期望. (You can transfer some of the issues and concerns from the syllabus to the classroom.) 给 the students an opportunity to suggest ideas and express expectations. 如果在学生熟悉材料之后安排这样的讨论,可能会特别有成效, 指导员和对方. 为此目的, you may wish to submit a partial syllabus for the first few weeks, and shape the rest of it after listening to your students.
整个学期, 太, evaluate the progress of the course and invite comments from the students. If students are involved in the planning, they hold themselves more accountable. 当课程似乎停滞不前时, 给你自己和学生一个短暂的反思时间,以便考虑修改. Shape the course for the best possible results. Most Honors students will welcome the challenge. 教那些投入的学生.
除了, some limited course development funds can be made available on a first-come, 标间. These funds are meant to help you with your course planning: books, 演讲嘉宾, 实地考察旅行, 活动门票, 等.
在理想的荣誉课堂中,每个人都是不可或缺的资源,无论是学生还是教师. Early in the semester take some time to get acquainted. 向学生传达你的期望. (You can transfer some of the issues and concerns from the syllabus to the classroom.) 给 the students an opportunity to suggest ideas and express expectations. 如果在学生熟悉材料之后安排这样的讨论,可能会特别有成效, 指导员和对方. 为此目的, you may wish to submit a partial syllabus for the first few weeks, and shape the rest of it after listening to your students.
整个学期, 太, evaluate the progress of the course and invite comments from the students. If students are involved in the planning, they hold themselves more accountable. 当课程似乎停滞不前时, 给你自己和学生一个短暂的反思时间,以便考虑修改. Shape the course for the best possible results. Most Honors students will welcome the challenge. 教那些投入的学生.
除了, some limited course development funds can be made available on a first-come, 标间. These funds are meant to help you with your course planning: books, 演讲嘉宾, 实地考察旅行, 活动门票, 等.
荣誉学生来到HN课程时,对课堂上将要发生的事情有很多假设, 这些假设可能与你的假设相符,也可能不相符. 除了, 一些学生也可能选修了他们感兴趣的课程,但不是他们的第一选择. 由于这些原因,在学期开始时花时间描述学期的目标和任务是很重要的. 从一开始,就说明你对这门课程的愿景、你的政策和期望. 询问学生对课程有什么期望,并试着至少包括他们提到的一些内容.
Remember, honors students want to be engaged – no strict lecture courses allowed!
请注意,荣誉学生习惯了不仅仅是按时完成作业或来上课, but also for their own creativity and intelligence. Students are often willing to help design parts of the courses, 分级要求, 卓越标准, 等.
经验丰富的杰出人士, 优等生很注重成绩, 但他们希望荣誉课程的重点是学习而不是成绩. They want encouragement to try new ideas and take risks that they wouldn’t otherwise. They want grading to include class discussion, 参与, 以及批判性思维的展示(而不仅仅是证明他们读过书). 荣誉学生必须在HN课程中至少获得B,以便完成荣誉课程的要求. This requirement is seldom a problem, 然而, given the high profile of our students. 不觉得调整评分有压力吗.
皇冠投注的学生有各种各样的技能, 兴趣与抱负, and as a program we attempt to accommodate as much of this diversity as possible. 皇冠投注认为学习目标是描述性的,而不是指令性的,它指导皇冠投注努力实现最高和最广泛的教育水平, personal growth and achievement for our outstanding students. As a whole, the 荣誉项目 at 皇冠投注 advocates:
- 跨学科教育
- 互动,讨论导向的调查
- Personal as well as collaborative learning through individual and group work
- 研究与创意
- 优秀的口头和书面表达能力
- 愿意探索新的知识领域
- Innovative methods of learning (different, not more, work)
- 密切的师生合作
All HN courses foster interdisciplinary and interactive learning. 通过跨学科, 然而, we don’t mean merely liberal arts or fine arts courses, or those that are structured like Global and Historical Studies. A course that employs closely related methodologies, e.g., 自然科学的, is as interdisciplinary as a course that blends literature, 电影, 历史, 音乐与哲学. Equally important is the interactive nature of the pedagogy. 在每个HN课程中, the students and the faculty members are partners in the learning process, 课堂讨论频繁, 开放和冒险是受到鼓励的. Students expect to be fully engaged in their honors courses, 不仅仅是彼此之间, 还有他们的教授.
被皇冠投注录取的学生,SAT总分至少为1380分或ACT总分为30分,并且在高中毕业班中排名前7%的学生有资格申请荣誉课程. 然后根据学生的学术课程质量发出邀请, 课外/领导活动, 以及他们的申请论文.
Students may also join the program after coming to 皇冠投注. To be invited while at 皇冠投注, a student must earn a GPA of 3.6 or higher with 16 or more graded credit hours first semester freshman year, 提交一份积极的教员推荐信. (Same for students with 32 graded hours completed by end of freshman year.) Students have also been admitted on the basis of positive faculty recommendation.
Honors students are articulate, conscientious, hard-working, and curious. They read, think, write and analyze very well. 他们喜欢成为学习过程的积极参与者,并在课堂讨论中茁壮成长. 他们参加荣誉课程是为了“跳出”专业和其他课堂环境的框框. In short, honors students are a pleasure to work with.
在所有荣誉学生注册后,如果课程有空位,非荣誉学生可以注册所有荣誉课程. Please contact Assistant Director Jason Lantzer 如果您不是大学荣誉计划的成员,则需要获得注册许可.
You will most likely have students from various majors in your honors course, 皇冠投注经常从完成大学荣誉课程的学生那里听到的一件事是,他们很重视自己的荣誉课程,因为这些课程不是他们的专业,他们可以与他们学科以外的学生互动.
哪些教师可以获得荣誉教学? 皇冠投注鼓励来自整个大学的教师教授他们感兴趣的任何主题的荣誉课程. Your honors class topic does not have to be in your area; for example, 皇冠投注有一位生物学教授讲授西部枪手,一位音乐教授讲授动力飞行的历史. Use your honors course to get outside of your own box!
HN courses carry two credits and meet once or twice a week, 分配多少(阅读和项目)往往是教师之间的一个常见问题. Just as important as quantity should be the nature and quality of the work-load. 除了常规的阅读和写作作业外,请考虑一些项目和活动,这些项目和活动将在整个学期中调动学生的智力和创造力. 的确,大多数荣誉学生可以阅读和处理比普通学生更多的信息. 然而,, Honors students are also likely to ask more questions, 想要更深入地研究文本, 对他们所读的内容有更多要说的吗, 彼此不同意. All of this recommends that we favor depth over quantity when teaching Honors students.
Term projects and writing assignments naturally vary from course to course, 从一个老师到另一个老师. We suggest periodic assignments that will facilitate interactive learning. 简短回应文件, overnight-writes, 每周带回家的问题等都有助于增加课堂讨论的数量和质量. 除了, 学期项目(传统的学期论文或创新项目)增加了学生学习的范围和重点. While your assignments should foster independent thinking and inquiry, also consider the benefits of group learning outside the classroom. 优等生能够欣赏和有效地参与团队甚至整个班级的项目. 当分配个人或小组学期项目时,考虑安排学生演讲的时间.
Planning a good syllabus is like practicing preventive medicine. Previous honors faculty recommend that Honors syllabi be succinct and thorough, 并包括以下资料:
- 宗旨声明对于课程, articulating the big picture: what you hope to achieve through the course; the underlying themes and concerns; why you are teaching the course. The syllabus is both a contract and an invitation. 目的陈述可以激发与学生关于课程性质的对话.
- 目标: what you hope the students will learn, through what methods.
- 阅读书目和作业 (最好有注释):考虑简要解释每一篇课文和作业如何与课程目标相对应,并对整体学习有何贡献. 学生喜欢能够建立联系,并遵循他们的课程的进展. 也要考虑给你的学生选择一部分作业的机会.
- 分级: list the assignments and activities and how they will figure into the grade.
- 官方声明 regarding student disabilities: Honors students may have disabilities, and/or may know friends on campus who would be helped by that information. 如果你需要具体的措辞,请联系 米歇尔Atterson at 940-9308.