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Honors Program

The Monroe College Honors Program provides opportunities for the College’s most academically accomplished students to engage in advanced academic work and to participate in a shared intellectual experience with our most distinguished professors and guest lecturers. Students from all disciplines are welcome to apply to the Monroe College Honors Program, either as prospective students through the admissions process or as continuing students by application to the Honors Coordinator. As Honors Program members, students earn Honors units by taking specially designed, multidisciplinary Honors courses, Honors sections of general education or major area courses, and participating in Honors Experiential Learning Activities.

 

To earn distinction as an Honors Program graduate at the Associate’s level, students must earn a minimum of ten (10) Honors units:

  • Successfully complete HN-150: The Honors Experience and create a portfolio page within the Honors Blackboard Group (3 Honors units),
  • Successfully complete two (2) Honors Multidisciplinary Course or Honors section of a General Education or Major-Area Course and create two portfolio pages within the Honors Blackboard Group  (3 Honors units),
  • Participate in a minimum of one (1) Honors Experiential Activity, which may include community service activities/volunteer activities, participation in a national or regional Honors conference, participation in a Joint Honors Project, or participation in Honors Books Club. After each activity, students create a portfolio page of their experience, which includes reflection and pictures via the Honors Blackboard Group (1 Honors units),
  • Submit a completed Honors Blackboard Portfolio, and
  • Have a 3.3 cumulative GPA at the time of graduation.

To earn distinction as an Honors Program graduate at the Bachelor’s level, students must earn a minimum of twenty-one (21) Honors units:

  • Successfully complete HN-150: The Honors Experience and create a portfolio page within the Honors Blackboard Group (3 Honors units),
  • Successfully complete four (4) other Honors Multidisciplinary Course(s) or Honors section(s) of a General Education or Major-Area Course(s) and create portfolio pages within the Honors Blackboard Group (9 Honors units) ,
  • Successfully complete HN-450: Honors Program Research Seminar and create a portfolio page within the Honors Blackboard Group (3 Honors units),
  • Participate in a minimum of three (3) Honors Experiential Activities, which may include community service activities/volunteer activities, participation in a national or regional Honors conference, participation in a Joint Honors Project, or participation in Honors Books Club. After each activity, students create a portfolio page of their experience, which includes reflection and pictures via the Honors Blackboard Group (3 Honors units),
  • Submit a completed Honors Blackboard Portfolio,
  • Have an exit interview with an Honors Board Member, and
  • Have a 3.3 cumulative GPA at the time of graduation.

All Honors Diploma candidates will be reviewed by the Honors Board. The Board will verify and approve that candidates satisfactorily completed all requirements of the Honors Program. Upon approval, the Honors Diploma will be conferred. The Honors diplomas and transcripts bear the symbol of Honors distinction, and graduates are recognized at commencement. An Honors diploma is distinct from Latin honors (cum laude, magna cum laude, summa cum laude), and Honors students may also earn an Honors diploma with Latin honors.

All questions regarding the Monroe College Honors Program, including admission, may be directed to Kathryn MacDonald, Coordinator of the Monroe College Honors Program via email at kmacdonald@monroecollege.edu or by phone at 914.740.6452.