LSA Honors Program Parent Orientation
Goals for this Session ● Understand the Mission of the LSA Honors Program ○ LSA Degree Requirements ○ Honors Program Requirements ○ Sophomore Honors Award ○ Graduating with Honors ○ Questions & Answers ● Honors Housing & Programming ○ Questions & Answers ● Orientation, Advising, and FERPA ○ Questions & Answers Honors Students, 2016
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Honors Staff & Introductions ● Mika LaVaque-Manty, Honors Program Director & Thurnau Professor of Political Science ○ Kaylee Shelton, Executive Assistant Lisa Broom ● Lisa Broome, Associate Director ● Gayle Green, Assistant Director for Admissions and Honors Housing Mika LaVaque-Manty ○ Shannon McCaulley, Student Services ● Henry Dyson, Director of the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships ○ Katie Gass, ONSF Program Assistant Henry Dyson Gayle Green
Honors Staff & Introductions ● Administrative Staff ○ Barb Frecka (Admin. Coord.) ○ Jeri Preston (Engagement Coord.) ○ Jacquelyn Turkovich (Academic Auditor) Barb Frecka Jeri Preston Jacquelyn Turkovich
Honors Staff & Introductions ● Academic Advisors ○ Stephanie Chervin, Pre-Health Advisor ○ Denise Guillot, Pre-Law Advisor ○ John Cantu, Academic Advisor Stephanie Chervin Denise Guillot John Cantu
Goals for this Session ● Understand the Mission of the LSA Honors Program ○ LSA Degree Requirements ○ Honors Program Requirements ○ Sophomore Honors Award ○ Graduating with Honors ○ Questions & Answers ● Honors Housing & Programming ○ Questions & Answers ● Orientation, Advising, and FERPA ○ Questions & Answers Honors Students, 2016
LSA Honors Program Website https://lsa.umich.edu/honors
What is the LSA Honors Program? ● The LSA Honors Program is not a university-wide program. ○ It is an academic unit within the College of Literature, Sciences, and Arts (LSA). ● The Honors Program is not an Honors College ○ It is the largest of the Michigan Learning Communities within LSA ○ Honors Program students fulfill the same degree requirements for the Bachelors of Arts (BA) and Bachelors of Science (BS) as all other LSA students ● The thematic identity of the Honors Program is intellectual curiosity, engagement and excellence. ○ This theme is connected to each of our requirements and activities.
LSA Degree Requirements for BA & BS 120 credits ● ○ Average 15 credits/semester X 8 semesters; courses typically 3-4 credits Core requirements (~20%) ● ○ First-year and upper-level writing (2 courses) ○ Quantitative reasoning (1-2 courses; can be fulfilled outside of Math Dept) ○ Second language (4th term proficiency) ○ Race & ethnicity (1 course) Major (36-50 Credits = 30-40%) ● Distribution (30 Credits = 25%) ● ○ 7 credits each of HU, SS, and NS outside of major department ○ 9 additional credits of HU, SS, NS, CE, MSA, ID outside of major department ● Electives (~25-40%) ○ 2nd major, minors, individually selected courses
LSA Degree Requirements for BA & BS https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/academics/lsa-requirements.html
LSA Honors Overview: One Program, Two Phases ● Learning Community Phase (1st and 2nd year) ○ Student enter via Admissions (~400/year) ○ Honors Core courses for First-Year Writing and Distribution ○ Honors Housing (optional) ○ Honors Community Building Activities ○ Sophomore Honors Award ● Honors Major (3rd and 4th Year) ○ Students join by declaring an Honors Major in their department ○ Honors thesis (optional in Honors Mathematics) ○ Some departments have additional required courses in junior/senior year ● Honors in the Engaged Liberal Arts or HELA (3rd and 4th Year) ○ Year-long engagement project takes the place of an Honors thesis
Minimum Requirements for Honors ● 3.4 GPA Learning Program ● ○ Honors First-Year Writing Course ○ At least one additional Honors Core Course ● Honors Major ○ Declaration in junior year ○ Some departments require a 3.5 GPA within the major Honors Students at Yost Ice Arena, 2020
Honors Core Courses ● Designed specifically for Honors Program students by some of the best teachers in the College ○ Taught on a 3-year rotation ○ Each course fulfills a Distribution requirement (HU, NS, SS, or ID) ● Examples: ○ “What is Cancer?” (ID, co-taught by biologist and medical sociologist) ○ “The Corporation” (SS, taught by an anthropologist) ○ “Westworld and Philosophy of Mind” (HU and FYWR, taught by a Comparative Literature professor) ○ “Great Books” (HU and FYWR, taught by the Classics Department) Honors Student Mentors, 2019-2020
Sophomore Honors Award The Sophomore Honors Award recognizes students who have: 1. Earned at least 30 Engagement Points 2. Averaged 14 credit hours each full (Fall/Winter) term 3. Completed an Honors Core class which meets the first-year writing requirement (FYWR) 4. Completed of a total of three Honors Core courses (inclusive of # 3 above) in at least two different distribution areas (HU, ID, NS, or SS) 5. Achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.400 with all classes graded or credit/no credit (no elective P/F).
Sophomore Honors Award with Distinction 1. Earned at least 30 Engagement Points (see your GradeCraft account) 2. Averaged 14 credit hours each full (Fall/Winter) term 3. Completed an Honors Core class which meets the first-year writing requirement (FYWR) 4. Completed of a total of three Honors Core courses (inclusive of # 3 above) in three different distribution areas (HU, ID, NS, and SS) 5. Achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.700 with all classes graded or Credit/no credit (no elective P/F).
Honors Engagement Points ● 1 point per credit for Honors Core courses ● 1 point per credit for additional Honors courses taken for a grade (not optional pass/fail) ○ Department designed Honors alternatives to introductory courses ■ E.g. PSYCH 114 Honors Introduction to Psychology (instead of PSYCH 111) ■ E.g. MATH 285 Honors Calculus III (instead of MATH 215) ○ Honors sections of regular introductory courses ■ E.g. the Honors discussion section of Cultural Anthropology 101 ■ E.g. Structured Study Group option for CHEM 210 Organic Chemistry ○ Advanced elections ■ 300- or 400-level courses for first-year students ■ 400-level courses for sophomores ■ Language courses beyond the LSA Language Requirement taken in first semester
Honors Engagement Points Cont. ● 1 point per credit for Honors Conversions ○ Individually arranged supplementary projects that convert regular courses to Honors courses ○ E.g. research projects, presentations, related co-curricular projects ● 1 point for designated engagement activities ○ HonOnline Digital Citizenship Canvas Course (summer) ○ Undergraduate Research (whether or not in UROP) ○ Honors 170 “Navigating Honors: First-Year Experience” ○ Honors Reads (fun, optional reading group; they’re reading Dune this summer and will attend a screening of the movie Honors Kickoff, 2019 later in the fall) ○ Honors Cinema (film series and discussions)
Honors Engagement Points Cont. https://lsa.umich.edu/honors/current-students/academic-information/ honors-requirements.html
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Honors Community ● Honors Housing: ○ ~500 students in South Quad ○ 80% first-years, 20% sophomores ● Honors Residential Advisors lead a variety of community building activities ○ All Honors students are invited to participate in these activities, even if they are not living in Honors Housing ● Honors Kickoff (September), Academic Symposia, Honors Graduation and Awards Ceremonies Honors Kickoff, 2016 ● Lunch with Honors Series ○ Catered lunch with guest speakers from U-M faculty or visiting dignitaries
Summer 2020 Engagement ● #hononline: Canvas Course ○ Speaks to best practices in digital (and in-person) "studenting" and discusses digital literacy at the undergraduate level ○ It's open NOW and runs through 8/24 (1 or 3 SHA engagement point(s) depending on level of participation) ● All-Honors Summer [Virtual] Event: DUNE ○ Digital community engagement through weekly discussion of book led by peer and alumni team ○ Three "live" events (June/July/Aug), also chatting on GroupMe, now through 8/24 (1 SHA engagement point) Honors Student Orientation, 2017
Fall 2020 Engagement ● Class of 2020 Kickoff ○ Annual welcome celebration for incoming Honors freshmen! ○ Will not be a large in-person event, but we are actively planning for a safe, fun and informed event around the start of the semester ● Honors Reads & Honors Cinema ○ Students will hear more about these engagement opportunities closer to F20 term, but they are ways to meet other Honors students and to earn SHA points ● Parents Weekend ○ In keeping with LSA pandemic policies, we will not have an in-person event, but we are looking into a digital tour of Honors; students will hear more about this as we progress Honors Kickoff 2016
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