Honors Program

1. Honors Program Creighton University College of Arts & Sciences

2. Mission • Rooted in the university’s Christian, Catholic, and Jesuit traditions, • Its goal is to foster a community committed to the ongoing education of students and faculty members as fellow seekers for truth. • The program seeks individuals of all faiths and backgrounds who are intelligent, well prepared academically, highly motivated, and academically adventurous. • The curriculum immerses these students in an academically rigorous but flexible program of study guided by a faculty mentor who is charged with paying special attention to the personal dimension of learning.

3. Admission Criteria • ACT compositescore of at least 29 or • SAT score of 1360 • High School G.P.A. of at least 3.7. • Honors Program Application Form • Application Essays • Honors Résumé

4. Academic Advantages • Priority Registration • Tuition waivers for over 18 credits • Small, discussion-based classes • Honors advisors to supplement major advisors

5. Curriculum • Foundational Sequence (9 credits) in their first three semesters that introduce them to the Christian, Catholic, and Jesuit intellectual traditions that lie at the heart of a Creighton education within the context of Western civilization and of the pluralistic world we inhabit. • HRS100: Intellectual Beginnings • HRS101: The Rise of the West • HRS200: The Modern World

6. Curriculum (continued) • Sources and Methods Courses (15-20 credits) that induce students to think critically about information, assumptions, and arguments found in multiple forms of academic and cultural discourse. Several such courses will be offered each semester in a range of academic disciplines

7. Curriculum (continued) • Capstone Course. Honors students will be required to take a capstone course, normally a Senior Perspectives Course.

8. Curriculum (continued) • Independent Research Project. Honors students will be required to demonstrate their capacity for advanced, self-directed, individual work by completing an approved project within their major(s). They will undertake these projects under the guidance of assigned faculty mentors and present their findings during a campus-wide “Honors Day.”

9. Mentoring & Learning Plan • Individualized Learning Plans are developed by Honors students in close consultation with a faculty mentor. • Learning Plans integrate students’ backgrounds and interests with the strengths and Mission of the University and their College. • Their Learning Plans are reviewed and approved by their faculty mentors and by the Program Director. • Students complete a Portfolio based on the Learning Objectives of the college.

10. Social Dimension • Develop and administer own voluntary community service projects • Plan and conduct annual retreats for freshman and senior HRS students • Shared housing for freshmen (Swanson 9th floor) • Honors common room, library, and study room

11. Learning Objectives • Communicate clearly and effectively in written, spoken, mathematical, and artistic languages: • Written Language (incl. Foreign Languages) • Spoken Language (incl. Foreign Languages) • Mathematical Language • Artistic Language • Suggested Guidelines

12. Learning Objectives • Think critically about information, assumptions, and arguments found in multiple forms of academic and cultural discourse • SAM Courses • SRP Course • Suggested Guidelines

13. Learning Objectives • Integrate broad and diverse learning with at least one individually chosen academic discipline or professional field • Major (s) • Minor (s) • Senior Independent Research Project

14. Learning Objectives • Appreciate the Christian, Catholic, and Jesuit intellectual traditions in the context of historical, cultural, and spiritual concerns • HFS Courses • Suggested Guidelines

15. Learning Objectives • Apply a reasoned approach to effective decision-making according to sound and coherent ethical principles • HFS courses • SAM courses • Independent Research • Suggested Guidelines

16. Learning Objectives • Relate an active commitment to learning, truth, and justice to a life of service and to the development of the global community • SRP Course • Service

17. Advising Guidelines • 3 Foundational Sequence Courses (HFS) • 5 Sources & Methods Courses (SAM) • 1 Capstone Course • Independent Research within Major • Honors Day presentation • Suggested Guidelines • 16 Upper Level Courses • 128 Total Credits • Student Portfolio

18. Honors Advising • Freshman • RSP 104 • HFS I Fall Semester • HFS 2 Spring Semester • SAM C1 Spring Semester • Sophomore • HFS 3 Fall Semester • SAM C2 Spring Semester

19. Honors Advising • Junior • SAM C3 • SAM C4 • HRS 497 • Study Abroad? • Senior • SAM C5 • HRS 497 • SRP • Honors Day Presentation

20. Suggested Guidelines • Fine Arts (3) • Foreign Language (3) • History (6) • Literature (6) • Mathematics (3) • Natural Science (7) • Philosophy (6) • Social Science (6) • Theology (6)

21. The Epistemology of Political Science Research in the Writing of Poetry Fuzzy Math Logic Noncitizens in Democratic Athens Intelligence - Multiple Perspectives Organization Learning: Finding Your Place in the World Writing Our Lives: Identity and Culture in Personal Writing The Theology of Medieval Women Philosophy and Economics: Method and Horizon of Discourse Metaphysics of Film Graph Theory Godel, Escher, Bach European Literary Modernism This View of Life - Evolutionary Biology Imagination to Invention American Identity in the World European Metropolis 1900 Animals, Persons, and Ethics SAM Courses

22. For additional information • http://puffin.creighton.edu/honorsprogram/ • Contact: • Isabelle D. Cherney • Dept. of Psychology, HLS 321, #1228 • cherneyi@creighton.edu • Shari Stenberg • Dept. of English, Hitchcock 212a, #2523 • ShariStenberg@creighton.edu

23. Thank You