About the Honors
Scholar Program
The Highline College Honors Scholar Program prepares academically
successful students for a more effective transition to four-year
institutions and competitive jobs.
The Program builds on the view that competence requires motivation,
knowledge, and skills/application and moves students from
area-specific learning to integrated, liberally educated
problem-solving. With that idea in mind, students begin with
participation in the Honors Seminar (Honors 100) and the Honors
Colloquy (Honors 101) to motivate them toward high academic
achievement and to provide them with personal academic advising and
mentoring as they begin their college studies. All students with a
3.5 GPA and 12 credits or more are encouraged to join the program.
Students are encouraged to enroll in Honors 100 at the first
opportunity, immediately placing them in a cohort group of capable
students, offering them the motivation to engage actively in the
learning process. This motivation continues with participation in
Honors 101.
Students then focus on their 30 credits of Honors Courses and Honors
Options. During this portion of the program students are encouraged
to engage in the process of learning course content, while
personalizing their pursuit of knowledge. To demonstrate this
personalization of a particular course, they complete a university
level paper or project as an Honors Option, preparing them to engage
in upper division university/ college coursework or competitive
professional/technical positions after completing their AA degrees.
Finally, students take part in Honors 299, again working with a
cohort group. With faculty mentors, students research individual,
specific topics of their own choosing, synthesizing the knowledge
they have acquired during their college studies. Their projects
focus on application of their knowledge.
Last updated:
January 17, 2007
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