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Online Honors Projects and The Contract

 

 

Honors Contracts are due by the seventh week of the semester. Students and and their professors must both complete and submit an online contract. The project should enhane each student's experience and help students achieve the Honors Program learning objectives It may consist of a traditional research paper, but could also be a video, a PowerPoint presentation, artwork, animation, or any other creative work that the student and instructor agree achieves Honors quality work in design and execution. It can be an expanded version of an assignment the entire class is doing or a separate assignment. Some faculty work with students to develop the assignment, while others design the assignment and give it to the students to apply their own creative input. In all cases, faculty should have significant input into the assignment.

  

Student Pre-Requisites:

•   A 3.2 or higher cumulative GPA based on a minimum of  9 college credits 

  • In exceptional circumstances, a student who does not meet these guidelines may, in consulation with the Honors Program Coordinators and the instructor, be approved for an honors contract.
  • Students can have no more than 3 honors contracts or a combination of 3 honors contracts and honors courses per semester.

Student Responsibilities: 

  • Submit the online "BCC Honors Contract: Student" (web link below).
  • Student can have no more than 3 honors contracts or a combination of 3 honors contracts and honors courses per semester.
  • Complete an Honors Project in addition to the normal course requirements and earn a grade of “B+” and  an “H” in the course. (Submission of an Honors Project does not guarantee a “B+” or Honors credit; the professor supervising the project has the final say on whether or not a student will receive Honors credit).

  • Upon completion of the work, the professor is to inform Dr. Durante whether or not the student has earned the Honors credit.    

Faculty Responsibilities:

  • Develop an assignment appropriate to the discipline that will help the student not only acquire an enhanced learning experience, but also reach the learning objectives of the Honors Program.

  • Submit the online "BCC Honors Contract: Instructor" (web link below). Professors must include adescription of the project. Include information on the format and content of the project, the due date for the final project (and any preliminary assignments), and basic information on the grading criteria or a grading rubric. 
  • Report student's completion of the course with a B+ or higher and satisfaction of the Honors project as stated in the contract to Dr. Durante by the end of the semester.

  • Provide the following information in the final report: semester, year, course and section number, student's name, EMPLID, and grade. Please indicate if the student has satisfactorily fulfilled or not fulfilled the agreed upon requirements stated in the Honors contract.

  • There is no need for the student or the instructor to provide us with a copy of the project, unless the instructor believes the work is worthy of and the student willing to have broad recognition in a publication or in the Honors Showcase.

  • It is recommended that instructors have no more than 2 honors contracts per semester.

Honors Program Learning Objectives: 

  • Develop competence in the course content through assignments and class activities appropriate to the discipline

  • Develop the ability to interpret and analyze information through assignments and class activities appropriate to the discipline (General Education Proficiency: Reasoning and Analysis)

  • Develop the ability to organize ideas to reveal patterns, differences, and similarities related to course concepts through assignments and class activities appropriate to the discipline (General Education Proficiency: Communication)

  • Develop the ability to communicate their ideas with clarity through writing (General Education Proficiency: Communication. Only required for WI sections, but encouraged in all.)

Students can access the contract by clicking on the following link:

BCC Honors Contract: Student

 

Professors can access the contract by clicking on the following link:

BCC Honors Contract: Instructor

 

Questions?

Contact Dr. Hardman at Elizabeth.Hardman@bcc.cuny,edu or via google voice/text at (914) 502-9914, or Dr. Bralove at Alicia.Bralove@bcc.cuny.edu

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