Wesson Honors

An Honors Contract is a proposal negotiated between the student, a faculty member and the honors coordinator to add an interdisciplinary component to a regular catalog course. The student, the honors coordinator and the professor discuss in advance how that component will be manifest in the class (i.e. extra papers, class presentations, poster project, a presentation on Scholars’ Symposium Day, etc.). A contract must be proposed, submitted and approved by the honors coordinator before the Add/Drop period at the beginning of the semester. Credits vary.

Students assist the course’s professor with introducing students to the shape of the Wesson Honors Program’s interdisciplinary courses, the pedagogy of asking questions and presentation of independent research.

The Honors Capstone culminates the Wesson Honors Program and receipt of the Honors Certificate at graduation. Students meet together with the honors coordinator to refine the honors component of their major capstone, undertake a service project and share their work with each other and the review the process of interdisciplinary thinking. Graded Pass/Fail.