Interested first and second year students that are not currently in the Honors Program are invited to apply to the Ithaca College Honors Program.
The Honors Program engages a community of scholars in a highly enhanced liberal arts program that offers a variety of curricular and co-curricular opportunities to foster critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, and lifelong learning. More information can be found at https://www.ithaca.edu/honors/ and http://ichonors.com/
Applications are due to the Honors Director, honors@ithaca.edu, by Friday December 9, 2016 and must include a brief recommendation by a faculty member sent to honors@ithaca.edu and two essays responding to the prompts below. Sophomores must also include a plan that demonstrates that they have room in their final five semesters for 20 credits of Honor courses. Admission to the Honors Program is competitive and limited, and will be based on the two essays, faculty recommendation, and fall semester grades (a GPA of 3.0 is necessary for consideration). Students will be notified about their application by mid-January and admitted students must enroll in three credits of Honors coursework for the spring 2016 semester to be fully admitted into the program.
Essay Prompts: (1) In honors seminars, you’ll think critically across disciplines and engage in an open exchange of thoughts and opinions. If you could design a new seminar for the Ithaca College Honors Program, what would its subject be and how would it be run? Please be specific about the readings, experiences, and teaching approaches you would want to incorporate into your seminar.
(2) Students in the Honors Program enjoy learning, thinking, and challenging themselves through coursework, late-night debates, and engaging in new experiences. Based on this, why do you want to be part of the Ithaca College Honors program, and how do you expect to contribute to this community?
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