 To complete the Nisbet Honors Program and be recognized at graduation, students must satisfy the following requirements in terms of academic achievement and coursework.
Achievement:
She must continue to perform well in her academic courses. Students who consistently achieve a GPA below 3.0 or who receive below a B- in two or more honors courses may be asked to leave the program.
Coursework:
Because the Nisbet Honors Program is interdisciplinary and aims to give students a broad base of knowledge, students will not be allowed to take all of their coursework in only one department or with only one professor.
A student must take the following courses:
- Freshman Honors Seminar
(or if the student enters after her freshman fall,
another honors course to replace it).
- Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar.
Students who successfully complete a Freshman Honors course take these small interdisciplinary courses. Professors from different fields team-teach these courses. Recent offerings include “Psychology, Politics, and Tragedy,” “Music and Poetry,” and “Money and Movies.”
- Junior Honors Seminar (HON 399H).
One credit, pass-fail, offered once a year, open to upperclassmen, with priority given to juniors and seniors.
- Either a Senior Honors Thesis or two more honors experiences (such as two additional honors courses, an honors directed independent study, or some combination of the above).
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