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The Long Island Campus of St. Joseph's University, New York offers eligible entering first year students** the opportunity to participate in a three-semester honors program as part of their bachelor’s degree.
The program provides an enriched and rigorous academic experience, meeting the special needs of those students who have demonstrated extraordinary academic accomplishment and ability and who are committed to achieving their full potential.
St. Joseph's University recognizes that some students have additional needs due to their superior achievements and intense desire for knowledge. The honors program offers these gifted academic students a community within our larger community. While these students do share some common classes within the honors program, they also take courses outside the program based on their personal choices each semester. This offers them the perfect balance of academic challenge, community, and flexibility to explore new areas and meet new people.
“Getting to know people with all different interests and even getting to travel to another country with some of them is something that most college students are not granted the opportunity to do. With the guidance of great professors and experiencing new courses with a close-knit group, the honors program made my St. Joseph's University experience an experience of a lifetime.”
Students selected to participate in the honors program form a learning community, taking several courses towards their core requirements that will provide an interdisciplinary perspective. Faculty teaching in the program collaborate as members of the learning community and seek and implement ways to challenge students in their intellectual development. Honors program courses are taken in the first year, followed by a capstone course (LA 201, 1 credit) in the third semester, the fall of their sophomore year. In the spring of their sophomore year, participants will travel with their honors cohorts and some faculty as they broaden their understanding of the world from academics to cultural adventuring. In recent years, the Honors Program students have visited: Successful completion of the program is noted on the student’s transcript, and becomes part of the student’s permanent academic record. In addition to the travel component, honors students engage in other activities, guest lecturers and local visits which complement course content and provide students an enriched academic and social experience that foster personal and intellectual development. To be considered for the program, a student must have: *Admission to this program is determined by committee review and in no way affects general admission status or financial aid. Eligible students who have been admitted to the University are sent a letter from the Academic Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Coordinator of the Honors Program, inviting them to apply. A one-page application is included and we urge interested students to return the application and a brief statement of interest as soon as they can. Once admitted to the program, the students will receive notification from the University and are invited to contact Honors Program Committee Chair Wendy Turgeon with questions and for further information. Freshmen join together as a community of learners for a three-semester sequence of courses designed especially for the honors program for a total of 16 credits. Sample courses include: During the spring semester of sophomore year, students travel to a destination as part of experiential learning. Recent destinations include Paris, Ireland, Prague and Krakow. The fall capstone course (LA 201) focuses on the history and culture of the city/country of the trip destination. See our student-produced slide show of the 2015 honors trip to Krakow and Prague in the right column of this page. CONTACT Debra Walling A Learning Community of Scholars
Engagement Beyond the Classroom
Admissions Requirements
Three-Semester Course Sequence
Travel Venues
Current Committe Members and Program Faculty
**While the current program is open only to new entering first year students, the University is developing courses as Honors options which will be available to all current students who meet the GPA requirement of a 3.5 in their college work and who apply for acceptance into the Honors courses.
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155 West Roe Boulevard
Patchogue, NY 11772
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