HONORS STUDIES
- Honors Studies provide educational experiences
for students with outstanding ability. They bring curious, highly motivated
students together in small classes. Many honors courses are taught by
MCC Distinguished Professors or faculty members who have received the
SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
- Tuition for honors courses is charged at the
regular tuition rate. Eligible full-time students (12 credits) may add
an honors course with no additional tuition. Honors courses are available
to qualified students in all programs.
There are two types of honors courses: Honors
Sections and Honors Seminars.
HONORS SECTIONS
- Honors Sections include the same material
covered in regular sections of a course, but in greater depth, with
opportunities for students to pursue individual interests.
- For new students, eligibility is based on
prior academic records, courses taken, grades, class standing and/or
letters of recommendation.
- For continuing MCC students, eligibility is
based on completion of at least 12 credit hours, with a minimum grade-point
average of 3.25 and/or recommendation by a professor. Students who meet
this requirement will automatically be sent an honors application prior
to class registration.
HONORS SEMINARS
- Professors develop class topics pertinent
to the current seminar themes. These topics are explored through extensive
background readings, in-depth discussions, interpretive essays, oral
presentations, research, and similar activities. MCC offers five Honors
Seminars.
- The Honors Seminar in the Humanities
is an exploration of humanistic themes that draw upon the arts, literature,
and ideas of selected periods and cultures.
- The Honors Seminar in Critical
Analysis provides an interdisciplinary examination of
a selected theme that develops critical thinking, discussion leading
and expository writing abilities.
- The Honors Seminar in the Natural
Sciences is an examination of the major biological, chemical,
geological and physical issues and processes related to human influence
on the earth and its systems and functions.
- The Honors Seminar in the Social
and Behavioral Science is a critical analysis of issues
of human adaptation and growth, using social and behavioral science
models and concepts.
- The Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar
is an in-depth examination of a theme based on a multidisciplinary blend
of related issues.
For more information on the college Honors Program, please contact the
Honors Program coordinator, Matthew Hachee, at (585) 292-3274 or honorstudies@monroecc.edu.
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