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[official forms are at the bottom of
this page and in the left margin]
SKYLINE COLLEGE HONORS TRANSFER PROGRAM
Guidelines
HONORS CONTRACT
COURSE
An Honors Contract Course offers a
method whereby honors students can receive credit for one course not
designated as honors. It is
intended for use by students seeking to complete the requirements for
Honors Program designation but, for unforeseen circumstances, are otherwise
unable to complete the final requirement. Under the Contract Course option,
the student and the instructor in whose class the student is enrolled
complete an Honors Study Contract which details honors work that must be
completed in order for the course to earn credit. Students should expect to receive
additional guidance from the instructor. The Honors Contract Course is a voluntary
program for both the student and the faculty member, but once the
commitment is made, it is expected that both parties will complete it by
the end of the semester in which it is begun.
Examples of what the Honors
Contract Course might entail:
1. A written
product, appropriate to the discipline, with multiple revisions guided by
the instructor of the course.
It could substitute for
one of the regular course assignments and should reflect a higher level of
understanding of the material and extra effort on the part of the
student. The final draft should
be of outstanding quality.
or
2. Additional
readings of a different type and/or higher technical level from that
required for the course. The
student should demonstrate an understanding of these readings through a
class presentation, an oral examination by the instructor, or a formal paper.
or
3. Individual
research appropriate to the discipline. This may involve more laboratory
and/or library work than that required of other students in the
course. At the end of the
semester the research findings should be presented as a paper of superior
quality or as a presentation to the class or at a recognized conference.
or
4.44 4. For courses in the
creative or performing arts, class presentations and/or prepared portfolios
may be presented, and should be judged by appropriate professional
standards.
or
5. Any mutually
acceptable project which examines the course material in broader and deeper
perspectives than is expected of other students.
Honors Contract Course
General Guidelines:
1. Honors
work implies a deeper understanding of the material. A student must therefore receive at
least a grade of “C” in the regular course work to earn
satisfactory completion of the contracted work. However,
honors credit should not be awarded simply for superior performance on the regular
course assignments.
2. To add
the Honors component to the course, the student may be asked to
complete additional work, but the student is not receiving additional
credit hours for this work.
Therefore, qualitative differences, such as alternate testing,
substituting experiential learning assignments for incremental testing
assignments, doing independent research on an appropriate topic, are
preferable to a quantitative requirement, such as writing an additional
paper.
3. The
contract is between the honors student and the instructor and should be
completed by them. A copy of
the contract should be given to the Honors Program no later than the end of
the fourth week of the semester.
4. Honors
Contract Courses can be established for regular
University-of-California-transferable academic courses which meet the
requirements for general education or the requirements within the student's
area of concentration.
Administrative
Procedures:
The student's transcript will show
credit only for regular coursework unless the honors contract has been
fulfilled. The steps for
completing the Honors Contract Course are as follows:
1. After the Honors Study Contract form
has been completed, signed, and returned to the Honors Program, both the
instructor and student will receive a copy of the contract.
2. 2. At the end of the semester, the
student will request an Honors Contract Course Completion Form from the
Honors Program and will submit it to the instructor. The instructor will complete and
return the Completion Form to the Honors Program.
3. The course grade should not be
affected in any way by the successful or
unsuccessful completion of the contract.
4.
Copies of the
Honors Contract Course forms will be kept in the student's Honors Program
file and used as appropriate when the student submits a request for Honors
Program transcript notation.
Honors
Transfer Program
Honors
Contract Timeline & Procedures
First Week of
Classes
1. Pick up an
“Honors Contract” form from Katharine Harer,
Pacific
Heights, Room 112, or from Honors Counselor Joyce Lee, Building 2.
[or highlight and print the forms at the bottom of this page]
2.
At the first class meeting (or before) of the
course in which you want to do an Honors Contract, approach your professor
and identify yourself as a member of the Honors Transfer Program. Arrange a time to meet with your
professor to discuss your project and have the “Honors Contract
Form” signed.
3.
Before your meeting, think of a few topics relevant
to the course which you find particularly interesting. You might also think about what kind
of project you would like to do:
research paper, oral presentation, creative project, etc.
Second—Third
Week of Classes
4.
Meet with your professor to decide what kind of
Honors Contract project you will do.
Have the form completed.
Fourth Week of
Classes
5.
Turn in your completed Honors Contract for approval
to Katharine Harer Honors Program
Director, Pacific Heights 112 (harer@smccd.edu
) (650-738-4412).
Last Week of
Classes
6.
Your Honors Project should be completed prior to
the scheduled final exam for the course.
7.
Remind the professor to return the
“Completion Form” to Katharine Harer
to ensure that you receive honors credit for the course.
Some Questions About Contracts:
- What courses are eligible?
Any IGETC or U.C. transferable course
will be considered for Honors Contract credit. Normally, courses which are offered
as part of our regular honors schedule will not be considered, for example,
English 100, unless there are unusual circumstances.
- How will Honors Contracts be graded?
The Honors Contract will not be
graded and will in no way affect the student’s grade in the
course. However, the student
must receive a grade of “C” or better in the course in order to
receive honors credit.
Successful completion of the Honors Contract will result in the
student’s receiving honors credit for the course as well as
transcript honors designation for the course.
- Can I “back out” of an
Honors Contract?
Honors students may drop out of
the Honors Contract obligation at any time during the semester.
- Can I get an
“incomplete” in my contract if I don’t finish in
time?
The Honors Contract must be
completed before the end of the semester; there are no
“incomplete” honors contracts. However, in the case that the
student receives an “incomplete” in the overall course, in
accordance with college guidelines, the student shall be permitted time to
complete the Honor Contract along with the course.
- Must I be enrolled in the Honors
Transfer Program to sign up for an Honors Contract?
Yes, Honors Contracts are
available only to students who have been accepted into the Honors Transfer
Program.
- How many contract courses may I
take?
You may take one course up to 5
units as a contract course.
Exceptions will be made for unusual circumstances.
All other decisions regarding granting or approving Honors
Contracts will be made by the HTP Director.
[print this contract
and fill it out with the instructor]
SKYLINE COLLEGE
HONORS
STUDY CONTRACT
Semester: _____________________
Student’s
Name:
______________________
G. #_________________
E-mail
address: ________________________
Telephone
Number: ____________________________
Course
which this Contract Study will supplement_________________.
CRN:
_________
Honors
Contract Study Description and Requirements ( e.g., research paper,
laboratory work, readings and demonstration, portfolio, etc.) beyond
standard course requirements:
Student:
1.
Number of units completed:____
2.
Final semester at Skyline will be______
3.
Honors courses completed:___________________________________
4. I have read the Guidelines
for Honors Contract Seminar and I agree to the terms of this contract.
Student
signature______________________ Date_______
Professor:
I
have read the Guidelines for Honors Contract Seminar, and I agree to direct
this Honors Contract Study during __________semester, 20 ____.
Professor
signature____________________ Date_______
Honors Program:
Honors
Program approval______________________ Date_______
Student submits signed contract to Katharine Harer by the last day to add/drop courses in
the semester covered by the contract. For the Summer Session, this form
will be turned in by the end of the second week of instruction. Both instructor and student
receive a copy of the contract.
HONORS CONTRACT
COMPLETION
FORM
NOTE TO STUDENT: Submit
this honors contract completion form to instructor after completion of the
honors project.
NOTE TO INSTRUCTOR:
Send this completed form to the Honors Program
Director, Katharine
Harer, at the
end of the semester, after the student successfully fulfills the contract
agreement. This form must be
received by the HTP Office before honors credit will be awarded to the
student for this course.
Semester
_______________________________
Student_________________________________
Social
Security___________________________
E-mail Address
___________________________
was enrolled in __________________________ (name and
number of course), CRN_____________________this
semester and submitted an Honors Study Contract. The quality of the project submitted
for the Honors Study Contract was
____ satisfactory ____
not satisfactory
Instructor
signature_________________________
Date____________
If you have questions
regarding the Honors Transfer Program,
please contact the Program Coordinator: Katharine Harer, 650-738-4412, harer@smccd.edu
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