我怎样才能加入荣誉课程?
Students who aspire to become honors students, regardless of their past academic records,
may request an interview with 这个项目 director to be admitted provisionally into
这个项目. Those with an academic track record at MCLA are eligible if their cumulative
绩点是3.2或以上.
一旦我是一名优等生，我该如何保持呢?
Remaining a member in good standing of 这个项目 entails maintaining a cumulative
平均绩点不低于3分.2, and taking at least one honors course during each academic year.
What are the qualifications to complete 这个项目?
Completing 这个项目 to graduate with all-college honors involves completing a minimum
of six, three-credit honors 课程 (at least half at the upper division) with a grade
of B or better in each, and having a 平均绩点不低于3分.毕业后.
有论文选择吗?
Some honors students choose to graduate as Commonwealth Scholars in addition to All
大学的荣誉. This option involves a year-long process of re搜索ing and writing
an interdisciplinary thesis, culminating in a public presentation and defense in the
春天. The Commonwealth Scholar makes an additional presentation at the Commonwealth
本科生研究会议在阿默斯特. 如果你对这个挑战感兴趣，那就开始吧
a conversation about the possibility sometime early in your junior year. 招股书及论文指引在此.
荣誉课程是否符合CORE要求?
Many honors 课程, especially at the lower division, are designed specifically as 核心课程. Some honors 课程 can also be used to fulfill requirements for your major and minor programs, with departmental permission. 你需要咨询你的 department chair or advisor to determine this on an individual basis.
What if there aren't enough honors offerings in my area of study to complete 这个项目?
Part of the point of 这个项目 is to get students out of their comfort zones, doing
intensive intellectual work in areas beyond their specialties (and bringing the investigative
tools of those specialties to other subject-matters). 因此，实际上最好是
选择你的大部分荣誉课程 外 你的专业或部门.
荣誉中心在哪里?
MCLA's campus is rather small, so one measure of whether you might be honors material
你有能力自己定位中心吗. (提示:在马克·霍普金斯大厅，
213房间.)
What's the relationship between the 荣誉项目 and various national and local
荣誉的社会?
没有一个. The MCLA 荣誉项目 is an academic program (a bit like an interdisciplinary
学术小). We have no induction ceremonies, no keys, no dues, and no national
购买目录.
Do I have to take HONR 100, The Nature of Human Nature, before taking other Honors
课程?
只要你愿意. As an honors student, you may take whatever honors 课程
you like, in consultation with the honors directors, who serve as secondary academic
顾问(在你的主要顾问之后). 这是一个很好的主意，然而，成功的
a 100-level honors course before diving into the deep end.
In 课程 cross-listed with honors, are honors students expected to do more work
比班上的其他同学都好?
Honors work is not designed to be more work, but rather more interesting work, which
is to say more challenging and engaging, and hence also more fun. 具体的课程
requirements vary from course to course, and some 课程 will have a specific honors
项目. Either way, honors students are generally expected to do background and supplemental
reading on their own initiative, and to take the lead in class in drawing the other
students out and steering the discussion in intellectually stimulating directions.
What makes an honors course different from other college 课程?
This varies a bit with different 课程 and professors, but in general honors 课程
are reading intensive (with a preference for primary-source material), writing intensive,
interdisciplinary, collaborative (most are small seminars), and present opportunities
进行独立研究. All are designed specifically to take students who want
to be challenged and push them to new levels, in fascinating areas of inquiry.
谁决定开设哪些荣誉课程?
The honors directors, in consultation with the honors students and faculty, develop
荣誉课程的时间表. We regularly develop or repeat specific 课程 in
回应学生兴趣. As an honors student, you will be invited to a gathering
at least once a semester, one purpose of which is to brainstorm about the future honors
时间表. Of course, if you can't make those meetings, the honors directors always
随时欢迎您的意见和建议.
Are honors students required to attend talks and performances?
Part of what it means to be an honors student is to participate fully in your own larger learning process, seeking out intellectual and cultural experiences to attend 和朋友讨论. We encourage you to do this as much as possible, and to try things you know nothing about rather than sticking to what you are already interested in. Another important principle in honors learning is autonomy--making your own choices, as an adult, about what events to attend and when. 因此我们有强烈的期望 that you will participate in Honors-sponsored and many other events, but we have no 正式要求，而不需要出席.
