UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM

Honors Contract Forms

UNA Honors Program Course Contract: MS Word

UNA Honors Program Course Contract: Web

Honors Students


The purpose of the Honors Contract is to allow students in a regular university course, including university sponsored internships and study abroad, to receive honors credit for the course. Students successfully completing an honors contract in a course will receive honors credit for the course. Honors Contract courses are not intended to substitute for existing courses in the Honors Curriculum but instead to allow a special opportunity for interaction with a faculty mentor. Courses should be contracted for Honors credit only under extraordinary circumstances when successful completion of the 36 hour or 27 hour requirement makes it essential.

Students must complete the Honors Contract Form before the end of the first week of classes. The Form must be signed by the student, faculty instructor, and the Honors Director. When all requirements for the course have been completed, the faculty signature grants the student honors credit for the course, and "Honors" will appear in the title of the course on the student's transcript.

Failure to complete the terms of the contract means that honors credit will not be awarded for that course and future honors contracts may not be approved by the Program Director.

Honors Faculty

The participation of faculty in the Honors Contract program is greatly appreciated. We understand that faculty already have a workload sufficient to the day. However, we ask that faculty be willing to discuss these possibilities with Honors students who have a legitimate reason for seeking a contract.

It is the expectation of the Honors Program that if faculty agree to an Honors contract that they encourage the student to complete the terms of the agreement and make themselves available to the student so that this can happen.

It is the spirit of the Contract program that the additional assignments further the Philosophy of Honors Courses.

Possible Assignments for Honors Contract Courses

  • teaching a class or classes under the supervision of the faculty member

  • additional course readings that enhance the disciplinary content of the course and/or broaden the interdisciplinary scope of the course

  • additional research projects pertinent to the course

  • regular meetings with faculty member to discuss course subject and honors contract project

  • creation of web page/CD-ROM of the course for curriculum development/grant acquisition