Mount Aloysius College 2020-2021 College Catalog
Honors Program The Mount Aloysius College Honors Scholars Program is designed for students of all academic disciplines who enjoy critical and synthetic thinking and problem solving within an environment of highly interactive learning. The goal is to create a community of Honors Scholars desiring to enhance each other's understanding of human living within our world. Students who meet the criteria and are participants in the Honors Scholars Program will take specially designed honors courses; these courses will be designated as honors on the students' transcripts. Honors courses will provide an in-depth, creative investigation of subject matter in a seminar format. Students who meet the criteria and are participants in the Honors Program will take specially designed honors courses; these courses will be designated as honors on the students' transcripts. Honors courses provide an in-depth, creative investigation of subject matter in a seminar format. Incoming freshman to Mount Aloysius College do not submit an application to the Honors Scholars Program. Admission to the Honors Scholars Program is highly selective and focuses primarily on the candidate's high school career with a particular emphasis on the academic record. The quality of the high school curriculum, students' transcript, GPA, class rank and extracurricular activities are the foundation of the review. Reviews continue on a rolling basis throughout the admissions cycle. Invitations to be an Honors Scholar will be sent to students based on the strength of the application. The Honors courses include:
Honors Program Course Requirements Freshman Year:
LIBA 150H College Success & the Mercy Experience (2 credits) ENGL 110H Rhetoric I: Honors Section (3 credits) ENGL111H Rhetoric II: Honors Section (3 credits)
Sophomore Year:
LIBA 250H Ideas that Changed the World (3 credits)
Junior Year:
No Honors Courses required during the junior year.
Senior Year:
LIBA 401H Honors Senior Seminar Honors Section (1 credit)
Program Requirements: Students in the Honors Program must meet the following requirements: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Maintain an overall 3.50 GPA. A student falling below the 3.50 GPA will be placed on one (1) semester of Honors probation during which he/she may attempt to raise the GPA in order to remain in good standing. Students will successfully complete a total of twelve (12) credits of honors work to graduate with Honors Scholar status. Attend required convocations. Students are required to attend all events sponsored by the Honors Scholars during their years at the College. Successfully complete a minimum of eleven (11) credits to graduate as an honors scholar with an associate degree and twelve (12) credits to graduate as an Honors Scholar with a bachelor’s degree.
National Membership Mount Aloysius College is a member of the National Collegiate Honors Council. The main objective of this Council is the promotion and advancement of honors and similar educational programs in American colleges and universities.
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