Your Four-Year Honors Experience
Your four years in the St. 爱德华的荣誉课程将是一次冒险. As an Honors student, 你的头几年将包括小型研讨会讨论和来自不同学科的教师的团队授课课程. 在这些课程中，您将从不同的角度考虑具有挑战性和引人入胜的主题. Examples of courses include The Science of Sci Fi; Prophets, Saints & Heroes; and Social Change and the Law.
学生们还与支持他们的导师密切合作. 爱德华大学非常有成就的教授-与其他荣誉学生对话和分享兴趣. 你在课堂内外的探索会给你一套宝贵的技能, introduces you to new ideas, 并影响你未来的个人和职业道路.
During your final year in the program, 你通过你的荣誉毕业论文从事独立和原创性的研究. 过去的项目包括创造性的工作，如图画小说, plays, and fashion designs, 以及对哈莱姆和东奥斯汀的哥特式建筑、中产阶级化和艺术的各种学术研究. Your final project is intended to reflect intensive learning over the previous four years; it will rely on your individual passions and all of your studies. For some students, 正式的研究和准备过程可以在学习的第三年开始.
St. 爱德华大学要求荣誉学生通过荣誉课程完成24个学分的课程. Over the course of four years, 我们为学生提供与有才华的教师在亲密的研讨会环境中学习的机会, 从事创造性和动态的跨学科经验, 在专业导师的支持下进行严谨的研究.
Fulbright Scholars
St. 爱德华被评为全国富布赖特硕士院校学生的顶级生产者.
The First-Year Experience
The first year 荣誉课程的特点是一个支持性和参与性的学习社区. 学生在两个社区注册 seminars, one in the fall and one in the spring, 这提供了与有才华的教师密切合作的机会，并在充满活力的对话蓬勃发展的亲密环境中学习. 所有一年级的荣誉学生都住在一个 Living-Learning Community, 将课堂对话扩展到宿舍, while establishing lifelong friendships. 学生还将探讨a的含义和重要性 community and liberal arts education in the fall of their first year though a one-hour seminar (7 credit hours).
本学年的研讨会包括:
- Health and Disease in the Community
- Speaking Truth to Power
- Religion, Diversity & Civic Life
- 《书写美国:文学与美国梦
(Students will select two of the four.)
所有这些课程都符合大学通识教育的要求. Please see Current Students for equivalencies.
The one-hour Honors seminar will be:
- Introduction to the Liberal Arts (Fall)
The Second- and Third-Year Experience
The second and third years 是为了培养知识的独立性和好奇心而设计的吗. 三门课程和两个研讨会分为四个学期. They include two team-taught, interdisciplinary courses that provide innovative learning opportunities to think across disciplines; two one-hour Curiosity Seminars, where students think carefully about a focused and perhaps unexpected topic selected by the professor; and a Contracted Course in the Major, 学生与专业教师建立师徒关系，并培养独立研究所需的技能(11学时).
下一学年的团队授课课程包括:
Fall Semesters
- Journey, Pilgrimage and Exile
- Medical Ethics
Spring Semesters
-
Post-Colonialism
-
Slow(ness), or the Paradox of Time
(Students will select two.)
所有这些课程都符合大学通识教育的要求. Please see Current Students page for equivalencies.
一小时荣誉好奇心研讨会包括:
- Just a Game?
- The Science of Sci-Fi Movies
- Queer Art & Activism
- Austin as Text
Course in the discipline includes:
- Contracted Course in the Major
The Fourth-Year Experience
第四年的重点是独立研究和荣誉毕业论文. 学生们在秋季通过一个学期的研究准备课程为他们的毕业论文做准备，或者在他们专业的研究导师的指导下进行独立研究. 学生们用整个春天来完成他们的项目, 在荣誉研讨会上向大学社区提交他们的作品，并将其作为毕业论文提交给教师导师.
学生也可以考虑在大三的春季开始为期一年的研究项目. 这允许学生在第四年之前的夏天从事他们的项目，并通过奖学金办公室为他们的研究申请财政支持. 这些学生在秋季的荣誉研讨会上展示他们的研究成果.
Courses include:
- Honors Thesis Preparation (HONS 4370)
- Honors Senior Thesis (HONS 4399)