FOCUS on the further development of the Honors College

Curriculum

• Created two new curricula to complement the original 12-hour Honors Program curriculum (fall 2017)

• Honors Scholars curriculum (24 hours of Honors credit, 9 must be upperdivision in major)

• Honors in-the-major curriculum (9 hours of Honors credit, upper-division in the major)

• Began digital badging initiative: Scholarly advancement, leadership development, community engagement, and cultural enrichment (fall 2020)

• 25 Honors students have earned midpoint for at least one badge, working on a total of 44 digital badges collectively (fall 2022)

• “Honors College” is now printed on the FGCU diploma of students who complete the curriculum, along with the name of their primary academic college