Honors Program

The Honors Program is presently under review. The following enhancements to the program will be implemented during the 2005-2006 academic year pending administrative approval.

Overview

The Honors Program seeks to develop Christian scholars who integrate their biblical studies with their general and professional education. The capstone of the Honors Program is the honors thesis. Students choose a research topic designed to bring together all of their education. Working closely with an advisor, the students learn and apply the fundamentals of researching and writing a thesis. The University faculty is involved in mentoring the honors students. The development of student-faculty relationships provides an important scaffolding for the student’s intellectual development. Faculty members advise students in honors course work, colloquium topics, and the honors project. The director plans colloquia and honors activities for interested students.

Participation Requirements

Senior Thesis (6 credits) - A sequence of two research and writing courses that is taught over an academic year. The thesis itself is interdisciplinary in scope.

Junior Pre-thesis (3 credits) - An honors course addressing the subjects of research methodologies, topic development, history of the discipline, bibliography, and advisor relationship. This will be coordinated between the Director of the Honors Program, Dean of the student’s school, and advisor.

Current honors students are relieved of previous Honors Program requirements except for the Honors Proposal and Project.

Admission Process

An application should be sent to the Director of the Honors Program who will pass it on to the Dean of the applicant’s school. Application should be made in the second semester of the sophomore year or the first semester of the junior year.

Admission criteria:

• Junior standing
• Overall grade point average of 3.0 or above
• Recommendations from professor and SDD
• Two research papers
• Application essay
• Portfolio of interests from freshman and sophomore years