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Frequently Asked Questions
- What will The Honors College offer me?
- The Honors College offers the advantages of the resources within a major metropolitan state university. Honors also provides a challenging yet supportive educational environment that fosters the development of intellect and characterthe kind of environment that you would ordinarily expect to find only at one of the best small colleges in the country.
- What are some of the special advantages of The Honors College?
- Honors College students enjoy many benefits, including but not limited to: priority registration, eligibility for Honors residence halls, and access to Honors private amenities such as the Honors study lounge and computer center. Honors students regularly receive invitations to special campus activities and community events, such as the Honors Convocation (link to Graduation with Honors), Honors Retreat, and conversations with visiting scholars, Houston Grand Opera, Alley Theatre, and Houston Symphony performances. In addition, Honors students receive special assistance and academic advising from Honors faculty and staff. Our students tell us that this last benefit being able to talk to someone who cares and can help is one of the most important Honors College advantages.
- How will my Honors work be recognized?
- A student who is an active member in good standing at the time of graduation and who has fulfilled the requirements of The Honors College is eligible to graduate with Membership in The Honors College, a designation that appears on the students permanent transcript and is published in each colleges commencement program. If, in addition, a student completes a Senior Honors Thesis or Project, he or she is eligible to graduate with University Honors and Honors in Major, the highest distinction available to an undergraduate at the University of Houston. Moreover, all Honors courses are designated on a students transcript. We have found that graduate schools, professional schools, and prospective employers are impressed by Honors College coursework.
- Do Honors courses involve extra work?
- Honors courses typically encourage independent critical thinking and rely on student participation. Such courses may indeed be more demanding than equivalent large-lecture courses, but they also are more rewarding. In most circumstances, the amount of reading, writing, and testing required by an Honors course would not be substantially different from that required by an equivalent regular course.
- Why should I take Honors courses?
- For three important reasons: First, the coursework includes textbooks, ideas, and methods that encourage an Honors experience in the course. Second, Honors faculty members have been chosen for their commitment to undergraduate education and their excellence as teachers. And third, we think that Honors students learn a great deal from each other both inside and outside the classroom.
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