The Honors Program

Honors at Shoreline
The Honors Program at Shoreline Community College is designed to offer a challenging curriculum for students planning to transfer to four-year institutions of higher learning or who simply wish to deepen their college experience.  Students have the opportunity to work on in-depth projects in specific academic disciplines and to create a community of scholars with whom to share their ideas. The Honors Program allows students to work closely with individual faculty to develop an Honors project or thesis. Graduation with Honors will hopefully lead to greater scholarship possibilities and admission to more selective colleges and universities.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Program Requirements for Graduation with Honors*
The Honors Program is a three-quarter program that involves the following sequence of courses:

Honors 100—Foundations of Knowledge—introduces students to diverse ways of grappling with some of the enduring philosophical and scientific questions of our world. This course provides a survey of research methods from a range of academic disciplines and is designed so that students emerge with a question of their own to pursue as they progress through the Honors Program.

Honors 250—Seminar—provides an opportunity for students to focus on their own chosen areas of inquiry by completing an “Honors Project.” Honors Projects allow the student to engage in more individualized study with an instructor that could include research, art projects, performance, service learning, or other creative options based upon approval. In addition to completing the Honors Projects, students will meet with other Honors students periodically throughout the quarter to discuss progress and share ideas.

Honors 285—Honors Thesis—is a capstone course in which students present original research that responds to the question or set of questions identified by each student at the beginning of the program. Course instruction covers leadership skills and effective public communication.

All Honors courses require mandatory decimal grading.  Graduation with Honors requires successful completion of all Honors Program coursework and a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher in meeting Shoreline’s graduation requirements.

Timeline of Honors Program Course Requirements: Class of 2010

Entrance Requirements for the Shoreline Scholars
Complete an application form and submit to the IAS/SS Division office (FOSS 5329, or email to klawson@shoreline.edu).  Shoreline students must have 12 credits of college level work with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Running Start students may participate in the program with a 3.5 or better High School GPA (High School Honors or AP experience would be helpful.) Students who do not have a 3.5 GPA can also enroll in the Honors program with a written recommendation from a Shoreline Community College faculty member.  (Faculty members recommending students would be expected to provide additional mentoring to that student while in the program.)  The Honors Program at Shoreline is committed to diversity and especially encourages applications from individuals from under-represented groups.

Honors Application (Choose format to download: Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF)

Continuation in the Program
Students should maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher to continue in the program.  Should a student’s grade drop below 3.0 they do have the option of staying in the program with additional faculty mentoring.

PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HONORS PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
June 8th--12:30-2PM
PUB Quiet Dining Room
The Honors Program is proud to present six honors students sharing their honors thesis projects. Please come support them. Refreshments served. Students interested in the Honors Program are welcome to attend and participate.

HONORS COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
May 18th--12:30-2PM
PUB Room 9202
Join us for coffee and a conversation about the nature and future of higher education in the United States. We will be discussing the following articles:

(Click on each article to download. All files are in .pdf format.)

Andrew Delbanco, "A New Day for Intellectuals," The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 13, 2009.

Mark C. Taylor, "End of the University as We Know It,"  New York Times, April 26, 2009

David Bell, "Defending Academe," The New Republic, April 28, 2009

*Please note that Honors Program requirements are subject to change and revision.  The Honors Program at Shoreline seeks to maintain innovation in education. Changes in curriculum or Program requirements may be necessary to deliver a high quality experience and to serve students efficiently.

Last updated: 3/2009