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Except
in cases covered by rules 1 - 3 below,
Honors College students wishing to have
non-Honors College courses count for their
degree requirements must submit a petition
(online in pdf) . Once the petition
has the signature of approval of your faculty
advisor, turn it in to David Flanigan (HA
122). The petition will then be reviewed
by the petitions committee. The petition
should include appropriate documentation
(e.g. catalog course descriptions) that
establish that the criteria below are satisfied.
Students should submit petitions no later
than one week following the completion
of early registration for the term in which
the course is to be taken.
Students are reminded that to take a course
at another college, they must fill out
a transient student form, available at
the registrar's office.
Criteria for receiving credit from non-Honors
College courses:
- AP, IB, and recognized credits
taken by students entering the
Honors College as transfers are
exempt from
the following rules, and are counted
toward graduation without the need
to petition. AP, IB and transfer
credits for Honors College courses
that satisfy the Honors Core or
a concentration requirement can
be
used to satisfy the Core or concentration
requirement without the need to
petition. However, AP, IB and transfer
credits
for courses that are not identical
to Honors College courses that
satisfy the core or a concentration
requirement
can be used to satisfy the Honors
Core or a concentration requirement
only by petition. Students must
establish that the course fulfills
the requirements
of the Core or the concentration.
- Courses
above and beyond what are applied
to the 120-credit requirement
for graduation are exempt.
- Non-HC
courses used as electives and
not for core or concentration
requirements do not require
a petition so long as the 15% rule
(rule #4, below) is met.
- No
more than 15% of the credits
taken to satisfy the
120-credit requirement,
less AP, IB, and transfer credits, may be taken outside the Honors College
without permission of the Dean.
Example: a student with 30 credits
from AP
courses who
graduates with 120 credits exactly can take no more than 15% of 90 credits
or 13.5 credits outside the HC
without permission of the Dean.
- In determining whether a petition
is approved, the petitions committee
will consider the following principles:
a) Students may not take non-Honors
college courses that are substantially
similar in content to or identical to courses that they have the opportunity
to take
at the Honors College (AP, IB and transfer credits are exempt from
this rule).
b) Where a course is offered
at the Honors College but not
at a
time when the student can reasonably
take this course, a student may
take a non-Honors
College
version of the course.
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