The Thomas N. Bantivoglio Honors Concentration
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Concentration Requirements

The Bantivoglio Honors Concentration is not a separate program but is integrated into the course work required by the student’s selected degree program. Honors courses are used to complete various elements in the student’s degree requirements.

Students earn a degree from a specific College/Program/Department and an Honors Concentration. The student's diploma lists both the degree earned and the Honors Concentration. Each Honors course completed is listed on the student's transcript as an Honors course.

Completion of the Honors Concentration requires that the student be accepted into the program. (See the Application Process.)

Students must complete at least eight (8) Honors courses to earn the Honors Concentration. At least four (4) of these courses must be Interdisciplinary as evaluated by the Honors Committee. Students are required to participate in 14 hours of service activities per semester, 14 hours of Honors Recommended Activities per semester, and one extracurricular activity of their choice each semester.

Students are expected to make progress toward completing the Honors Concentration within the requirements of their degree programs in order to continue to participate in the Concentration.

For most students, this progress is indicated by completing at least two (2) Honors courses per academic year until the Concentration is completed. For students in more restricted degree programs, the Honors Coordinator and the Degree Program Advisors work closely with each student to ensure that the student can complete both the degree program and the Honors Concentration in a timely manner.

Students are strongly encouraged to complete as many Honors courses as they can and to enroll in any Honors course in their degree program or which fulfills a degree requirement. All students who are accepted into the Concentration must complete at least one (1) Honors course in the first semester in which they enroll.

Each student must complete eight (8) Honors courses with an Honors GPA of 3.45 and a Cumulative GPA of at least 3.33 in order to graduate with an Honors Concentration.

 

PARTICIPATION STANDARDS

  1. Students must attend the Mandatory Meetings each semester before Registration.  Students are excused from this requirement the semester before their last semester at Rowan.
  2. Honors students must participate in at least three (3) types of extracurricular activities each semester.  The activities must meet the following criteria:
     
    • At least one (1) extracurricular activity of the student’s choice;
    • At least fourteen (14) hours of service projects of the student’s choice.  Service activities are those in which the student volunteers his/her time, talents, or resources to help another person, cause, or organization.  Service activities may be performed on-campus or off-campus;
    • At least fourteen (14) hours of Honors Recommended extracurricular activities (HRA).  HRA are those which enhance the classroom education received by the students including field trips, speakers, Honors’ activity groups, all Honors’ activities, etc.
     
  3. Honors students must attend at least one (1) educational speaker event and one (1) art/theater/musical event as part of an Honors group each academic year.
  4. For each activity category (activity of choice, service projects, and HRA), a one page double-spaced description of the activity(ies) and a reflection upon how the activity(ies) contributed to the student’s education must be submitted to the Honors Coordinator at a date which will be specified in an announcement each semester and posted on the Honors Website.  Students who do not fulfill this requirement may be removed from the Concentration.
  5. Students who have not completed their participation requirements will not be considered for funding for research assistantships, funding to study abroad, funding to attend conferences, or funding to attend service activities.

The Honors Recommended activities will be posted on the bulletin board outside of the Honors administrative offices in the Honors Lounge.

Participation Paper Elements

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