Program Planner for students enrolled starting in FA19<\/a><\/p>\n Honors classes are designed to be completely different than non-honors classes. The professors are more focused on seminar-style and discussion-based teaching techniques. Many honors students say they really enjoy the class discussions and the intellectual community that they find in their honors classes. In honors classes, students read and talk about the \u201cbig questions\u201d of a discipline, as opposed to focusing in one on area of content or skill.<\/p>\n Every honors class is different, but to give you an idea of what we offer in the honors program, here is a list of recent course titles. Here is an article about another recent course, which focused on pandemics and global infections. Recent classes have focused on art and archaeology in Greece, Superheroes in Literature, American Biographies, The Portrayal of the Law in Film, Energy in America, and Social Media.<\/p>\n Yes, absolutely! We work hard to ensure any major at Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPis able to complete the honors program along with their major requirements.<\/p>\n If you are interested in applying, contact Alden Craddock at acraddock@maryville.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yes. Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPstudents may apply internally if they have GPAs of 3.5 or higher.<\/p>\n Transfer students with a GPA of 3.5 may also apply to join the program. We do not allow students to transfer in honors credit from another university\u2019s honors program.<\/p>\n There is no fee for the program.<\/p>\n – by the National Collegiate Honors Council by Joan Digby by Craig Cobane This is a link to the National Collegiate Honors Council\u2019s archive of their Honors in Practice articles. These articles discuss contemporary thinking in honors university education. Mother Marion Bascom, RSCJ founded the Bascom Honors program in 1939 to offer an opportunity for students to challenge themselves academically and personally. She drew from her own experiences as a student at Oxford University in the 1930s. At Oxford, she found a philosophy that encourages and supports close mentorships between instructors and students. Mother Bascom wanted to bring that same philosophy to Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPthrough the Bascom Honors Program. For more information about Mother Bascom, please read the article in Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPMagazine about her excellent and important work.<\/p>\nWhat are the honors students at Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPlike?<\/h2>\n
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<\/a>They are curious, high-achieving students who had often had previous positive experience with honors curriculum and want to continue that experience at the university level. The students are incredibly bright and they are dedicated to using their time in college to learn as much as possible about themselves and about the world. These are not the students who just want to do the minimum to earn a degree. Instead, our honors students want to be productive, educated citizens and therefore are using their time at Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵAPPto learn as much as they can about themselves and their world.<\/p>\nAre honors classes harder than non-honors classes?<\/h2>\n
What is a typical honors class like?<\/h2>\n
If I do the honors program, can I still graduate in four years?<\/h2>\n
How can I apply?<\/h2>\n
Can I join the honors program after I arrive on campus?<\/h2>\n
I am a transfer student. How can I take part in the honors program?<\/h2>\n
How much does it cost to join the honors program?<\/h2>\n
If I am interested in reading more about the role of honors programs at universities, where can I look?<\/h2>\n
\u201cWhat is honors?\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nThis article is a general article articulating the importance of honors curricula at the university level.<\/p>\n\u201cGifted education: The role of honors programs at the college level\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nThis article is written to aid parents of prospective honors students understand the important role honors programs have in the life of a college student.<\/p>\n\u201cHonors in 2025: Becoming what you emulate\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nIn this article, Cobane presents an image of his view for what the trends are in honors education and the ways in which he sees honors programs evolving over the next decade.<\/p>\n\u201cHonors in Practice\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n
\n <\/p>\nHistory of Maryville’s Bascom Program<\/h2>\n