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Honors Program Mission Statement

The Honors Program at Jacksonville State University provides academically gifted students with an enriched educational experience in a diverse range of courses that foster independent, critical thinking and effective communication. The Honors Program helps students fulfill their potential in their chosen fields while preparing them to meet the challenges and responsibilities of becoming citizens with global perspectives.

Honors Program Description

The Honors Program is designed to engage students' intellectual curiosity and develop their skills to think and study independently, creating connections between students and their communities. The main component of the program is the offering of classes that focus on these educational aspects, helping students who are intellectually curious and self-motivated find ways to expand their ideas and perspectives on the world and their place in it. Students may wish only to take Honors classes, but applying to and becoming a member of the full program includes extra benefits. The small classes and other activities associated with the program, including special advisement, career planning, and service opportunities, help to create an interdisciplinary and interdependent community of scholars engaging one-on-one and as groups with each other and their professors, the university, and the wider community.

In addition, Honors Program members will receive special recognition at graduation.

Students may enroll in the full program or a single class. For admission to the full program, complete the Honors Program Application.

A typical Honors student should present the following:
Writing skills at least adequate to the demand of society at large. Evidence of involvement in extracurricular and academic organizations. For incoming freshmen
	A high school GPA of B or above An above-average ACT/SAT composite score An ACT English subscore of 25 or above or equivalent SAT Critical Reading score
For current JSU students
	A grade of B or above on each JSU Honors class completed A GPA of 3.0 or above overall at JSU

Admission to classes is usually based on ACT/SAT scores. Since test scores may not always provide a complete picture, students may also talk to their advisors and the Director of the Honors Program about enrolling in Honors classes.

Any student who does not qualify may reapply after completing a semester with an overall GPA of 3.5+ at JSU.

Honors Program Goals and Objectives

The Honors Board, dedicated to offering challenging and innovative academic opportunities, supervises the Honors Program and has set the following goals and objectives for the program:

To foster critical thinking and intellectual curiosity
To promote the open exchange of ideas
To value the strength that comes with inclusiveness
To encourage innovative and interdisciplinary classroom instruction
To embrace service and social responsibility
To prepare students to be leaders in their chosen fields

Honors Board

Dr. Steven Whitton
Director, Honors Program
Professor of English

Dr. Aaron Garrett
Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Mr. Andrew C. Green
Director of Enrollment Management

Dr. Gordon Harvey
Professor of History

Dr. Teresa Reed
Professor of English

Ms. Janet Whitmore
Honors Program Coordinator

Ms. Lisa Williams
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

For further information, contact:

Dr. Steven Whitton
Director of the JSU Honors Program

Phone:
256-782-5640 (Honors)
256-782-5414 (English)

Fax:
256-782-5771

Email:
swhitton@jsu.edu

Ms. Janet Whitmore
Honors Program Coordinator

Phone:
256-782-5696

Fax:
256-782-5771

Email:
jwhitmore@jsu.edu

Email: honors@jsu.edu


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