1989-1990 Academic Catalog

38 Academic Information The Honors Program The Honors Program is designed to challenge gifted students to reach their academic potentials through a specially designed course of study. 11tls program is not a major, but rather a specially crafted sequence of courses which enriches existing major fields of study. 111c courses desig– nated as "honors courses" are rigorous and de1nanding 1 challenging stu– dents to aspire to greater heights in the world of ideas. Admission to the program for entering freshmen is based upon ACT/ SAT scores, written essays, high school rank and grade point average and, \Vhen possible, a personal intervie\V. Prospective students must co1nplete a separate application which is available tlrrough the admissions office. A limited number of students are admitted into the program each fall. Students emolled in the honors program nre required to complete seven honors courses in addition to a senior research project or thesis. 111ree of these courses are taken in the freshman year in a sequence entitled "111e Making of the ModemMind," which tracks the development of philosophic, liternry, scientific and aesthetic traditions against the back– ground of the history of western civilization. These three courses meet general education requircn1ents in humanities, philosophy and histo1y. Jn the sophomore and junior years, honors students take four integrative seminars. Typically, each honors seminar is taught by two or three faculty me1nbers from different acade1nic departtnents in a terun-teaching effort providing an interdisciplinary perspective to the topic of study. In the senior year, each honors student conducts a year-long research project under the direction of a faculty mentor fron1 the student's acade1nic department. A thesis is written as part of this research project. At gradu– ation, honors students receive appropriate recognition of their honors status. Course requirements for the Honors Program involve 32-36 quarter hours including: I. Freshman Colloquia: 111c Making of the Modern Man ........... 15 hours Fall Quarter: Classical Antiquity (5) Winter Quarter: Renaissance and Refonnation (5) Spring Quarter: 111e Age of Revolutions (5) II. Honors Integrative Seminars .......................................... 12-16 hours Four sentlnars, each 3 or 4 hours, taken in the sopho1nore and junior years. ill. Honors Research Projecttl'hesis ........................................... 5 hours A resenrch project in the student's major, conducted under the direction of a depart1nental 1nentor. 11uough the Honors Program, Cedarville College encourages superior scholarship, allows a thorough integration of the various disciplines, and provides the student an opportunity to understand better how all knowl– edge relates to its theistic source. Honors offers an adventure in the \Vorld of ideas, coupled with practical incentives for transcribing faith and lenrn– ing into larger culture for the glory of God and the benefit of men and women in His itnage. One-Year Bible Program The College offers a concentrated progran1 for the student who desires a fom1al education in Bible before he pursues his vocation at hon1e or en~ gages in a field of teclrrtlcal study not available in a Christian school. It is designed so that a student can function as a more knowledgeable layman in his church. 111is curriculum is outlined in the Biblical Education section of tl1e catalog. The honors seminar "Sociology ofSporl"oj)'ered \Vi11ter Quarter 1988 inrofred special class sessions with Philadelphia Phillies 1hird-lmse111a11 Mike Schmidt, seen here in chapel wilh President Dixon.