About honors coursework
Honors courses provide additional challenges, emphasize writing and critical thinking skills, and give you the chance to explore topics in greater depth. JCC honors courses will allow you to network with leaders and professionals on campus and in the community. Additionally, the courses will provide opportunities to work one-on-one with professors and build mentoring relationships.
To earn JCC’s honors citation, you must successfully complete:
- one three-credit hour honors symposium course
- two one-credit hour project-based honors courses
Honors Symposium courses
The honors symposium is a three-credit course designed to inspire you to approach global topics from diverse perspectives. You will have the opportunity to delve into intriguing discussion and participate in an environment that fosters curiosity and academic exploration.
Spring 2025
Enduring Questions: Students will explore enduring questions in the liberal arts surrounding the meaning of life. Issues that will be examined include "What is the nature of justice?", "What is human happiness?", "What rights and liberties are inherent to being human?", "What responsibilities do humans have?", and "What is the nature of truth, love and beauty?" To explore these questions, students will be exposed to some of the seminal thinkers of the present and past, and from across the world.
- 3667 INT 2014 -3 cr. hr. - HONORS SYMPOSIUM: Enduring Questions - Arnaud Lambert - Asynchronous Online
Honors project-based courses
To earn the honors citation, you are required to successfully complete two one-credit, project-based honors courses which are related to courses in which you are currently enrolled or have recently completed. Each project must include some form of applied learning: fieldwork, internship, service learning, innovative/creative project, and/or undergraduate research. After registering, you will be guided by the honors program coordinator and your advisor to identify a course to which to link your project. You’ll then work directly with a faculty member to design a project that fits your interests and goals. Your project-based courses will help you develop and practice organizational and time-management skills.
Each project-based honors course must include:
- 45 hours of applied learning (such as fieldwork, internship, service learning, innovative/creative project, and/or undergraduate research)
- An 8-10 page researched essay
- A public presentation/demonstration of the project (may take place within a campus or community setting and may include JCC Student Showcase presentations)
Students and instructors are advised to complete learning contracts for semester project-based courses by the end of week six.
Spring 2025
- Honors Project I: INT 2015 - CRN 3636 - Instructor A. Raynor
- Honors Project I: INT 2515 - CRN 3637 - Instructor A. Raynor
Honors contracts
The honors program sets the requirements for earning the honors citation and coordinates the agreement between faculty members and students. The instructor for each course determines the individual student’s grade.