Honors Opportunities Florida Atlantic University
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Find your intellectual home at Florida Atlantic University and discover a culture of research, scholarship and creative activity. FAU is dedicated to providing an enriched academic experience by engaging students in research and inquiry across a variety of academic areas. With this expanded commitment to undergraduate research and scholarly inquiry, our honors programs provide opportunities for students to collaborate with our expert faculty and engage in the excitement of exploring new ideas, solving cutting-edge problems and thinking creatively. FAU honors opportunities prepare students for the workforce of the future. For academically exceptional students, we provide four opportunities: • The University Honors Program: for lower-division honors students, located on the Boca Raton campus • The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College: a residential college for lower- and upper- division honors students, located on the Jupiter campus—40 miles north of Boca Raton • Honors in the Majors programs: for upper-division honors students, located within our colleges • The Wilkes Medical Scholars Program: an early admission program into Medical School for qualified Florida high school seniors. Students must be admitted into the Wilkes Honors College.
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University Honors Program Boca Raton Campus An exciting and challenging experience, the program is designed to provide students with exceptional and rewarding learning opportunities through special Honors Seminars, the University Honors SLS 1501 Introduction to Academic Life, honors sections of freshman courses and the option of taking more advanced courses to substitute for first-year required courses. The advantages of the University Honors Program include small class sizes, close contact with many of the University’s topranked faculty as well as special advising and registration. The program is an excellent beginning for a distinguished academic career in postbaccalaureate studies, professional studies, or the pursuit of excellence in your career path. Learn more by visiting www.fau.edu/honorsboca Housing Housing for honors students will be available in one of the residential halls on FAU’s Boca Raton campus. Students in the University Honors program (UHP) and students who are participating in Honors in the Major programs have the opportunity to live together while enrolled in either program. Limited space is available. www.fau.edu/housing
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Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Jupiter,FL At the Wilkes Honors College students can take all of their courses from freshman through senior year at the honors level. Located in beautiful Jupiter, Florida just minutes from the beach, the Honors College is a selective, residential college where students can pursue their academic goals in a supportive environment comparable to that of a private liberal arts and sciences college but at a small fraction of the cost. A large endowment allows the Honors College to provide every admitted student a substantial merit scholarship, and a select number of scholarships cover full tuition and room/board. Learn more by visiting www.honorscollege.edu The extraordinary benefits of the Honors College are: • Substantial merit scholarships for every admitted student • All courses are honors courses, taught by a distinguished faculty • Small class sizes (averaging 15) with low student/faculty ratio so that every professor in every class knows you by name • State of the art residence halls • Located on the John D. MacArthur campus with ready access to internships with scientists at Scripps Florida and the Max Planck Florida Institute • Excellent placement rate of alumni in prestigious graduate and professional programs • Opportunities for students to conduct research and attend local and national scholarly conferences to present their work. Honors College students have published over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals over the last 10 years • An extensive array of study abroad and internship opportunities • Pathway programs in business, education, engineering, and nursing • And all at public-university tuition rates, making it a great value
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Honors in the Majors Programs Honors in the Majors programs are open to all qualified upper-division students. These honors programs are offered in select departments within each of the colleges and are designed to help students to discover the wonders of their discipline by working with faculty members on a research, creative or scholarly project. The following lists all current Honors in the Majors programs. Specific information about each of the following programs can be found at www.fau.edu/admissions/honorsmajors College of Business: • Accounting Honors Program – Students complete the BBA with honors and may earn early admission to graduate programs in accounting.
College of Engineering and Computer Science: • Innovation Leadership Honors Program – Students gain invaluable practical experience and access to industry leaders. Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters – The college has honors programs in several majors: • Communications and Multimedia Studies • English • English with a creative writing concentration • History • Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature • Music • Political Science Charles E. Schmidt College of Science – Students engage in original undergraduate research projects mentored by distinguished faculty and write and publish an honors thesis which serves as the capstone project of their undergraduate career. The college has honors programs in several majors: • Biology • Geology • Psychology • Geography • Mathematics • Physics College of Education - The college has an honors program in Exceptional Student Education
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Wilkes Medical Scholars Program This is a selective early-admission program into medical school for qualified high school seniors. Students will receive their bachelor’s degree from the Honors College in Jupiter and the M.D. degree from the College of Medicine in Boca Raton all in seven or eight years. Admission is open to highly qualified high school seniors who strongly desire to pursue medicine as a career. The program currently is limited to Florida residents. Learn more by visiting www.honorscollege.edu
Honor Societies and Clubs Students have the opportunity to get involved on campus by joining one of the 300 student organizations. Among the student organizations exploring honors, academics, special interests and student government are: • • • • • • • • • • • •
Accounting Students Association Alpha Omega Epsilon Alpha Psi Omega, Alpha Epsilon Beta Chapter Beta Alpha Psi Chi Sigma Iota, Beta Rho Chi Chapter Delta Sigma Pi FAU Pre-Law Society Golden Key International Honor Society Kappa Delta Pi Rho Omega Lambda Pi Eta (Zeta Iota) National Residence Hall Honorary National Society of Collegiate Scholars
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Omicron Delta Epsilon Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society Phi Alpha Theta Phi Delta Epsilon Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Psychology National Honor Society (Psi Chi) Salute Sigma Delta Pi Sigma Tau Delta Tau Beta Pi - Professional Engineering Honors Society
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Undergraduate Research and Inquiry Few activities are as rewarding as research. In addition to the acquisition of invaluable research skills, students learn how knowledge is created, applied and how that knowledge can be overturned with new evidence or new perspectives. They also learn how to work independently on a question or problem, how to overcome obstacles and the importance of ethics and personal conduct in the research process. Undergraduate research takes place in every discipline — not only the life sciences and physical sciences, but the humanities, education, business, social sciences and creative and performing arts.
The Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry, OURI provides a variety of resources and support to FAU’s undergraduate students involved in research, scholarship, and creative activity. These include: • Undergraduate Research Grants Any full-time, continuing, undergraduate student at FAU with a GPA of 3.0 or higher who is engaged in research or creative activity under the mentorship of a faculty member may apply for an individual or group research grant to support their work. The research or creative activity conducted by the student generally takes the form of directed research, independent study or work on an honors thesis under the direct supervision of a faculty member, rather than work conducted to fulfill regular course or seminar requirements.
• Undergraduate Research Symposium Undergraduate students can showcase their research project findings during the Undergraduate Research Symposia offered annually on the Boca Raton and Broward campuses, as well as at the Honors College in Jupiter. Students engaged in undergraduate research may present their findings either through a poster presentation or an oral presentation. Presentations are reviewed by faculty and graduate students and prizes are awarded for top presenters. • The Florida Atlantic University Undergraduate Research Journal (FAURJ) FAURJ is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal established by the Council for Scholarship and Inquiry. FAURJ is published annually, both online and in print. The journal will afford undergraduate students the opportunity to convert research and creative projects into publishable, scholarly papers. The goals of FAURJ are to showcase high-quality undergraduate research in all fields, provide students a better understanding of research and publishing standards, and promote inquiry-based activities at FAU.
For more information about these and other undergraduate research opportunities, please visit http://www.fau.edu/qep or contact OURI at ouri@fau.edu
Application Process
An invitation to join either the University Honors Program or the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College may be offered upon admission. We encourage students to apply to one or both of the programs if they do not receive an invitation. A supplemental application and resume are required. Most of the students who are accepted into these honors programs will have a composite SAT score of 1800 or higher with all 3 sections (26 or higher on the ACT) and a high school grade point average of at least 3.8, but all applications will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Application information can be found at www.fau.edu/admissions/honors
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