Honors Council

Course Proposal Form (Word, 120 KB, or PDF, 15.6 KB)

Responsibilities: The Honors Council shall administer the honors program and perform the following responsibilities:

1. Establish policies for the recruitment of students for the honors program.
2. Establish and monitor eligibility requirements.
3. Select and recruit honors faculty.
4. Evaluate the honors faculty.
5. Provide for the general assessment of the honors program.
6. Administer the honors program budget.
7. Direct fund-raising and develop grant proposals.
8. Direct the public relations for the program.
9. Provide honors advising for students.
10. Establish the sequence of honors courses for each year.
11. Determine the core requirements to be satisfied by each honors course.
12. Approve charters for academic honor societies and oversee those societies.
13. Establish standards for graduation with honors.

Primary Responsibility Area: University-wide

Membership: Appointed (shall consist of eight members: five elected by the Faculty Assembly, and three student members to serve 1-year terms as appointed by the Student Government Association)

Term: 1- year and 3-year

Chair: Elected by membership