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).
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.
• 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.
If you have questions, contact Dr. Durante by phone at 718-289-5569 or by email at
anthony.durante@bcc.cuny.edu