Honors Program Course Criteria

The Honors Program Advisory Committee and the Cerro Coso Curriculum Instructional Committee have established the following criteria for all honors classes:

"The catalogue course description of all honors courses must specifically state that the course covers topics above and beyond the level of the non-honors course.
 
"All honors courses must have at least one additional student learning outcome specifically related to the honors course. This outcome must be separate, above and beyond the student learning outcome of the non-honors course.
 
"All honors courses must have at least one additional topic in the detailed topical outline specifically related to the honors course. This topic must be separate, above and beyond the topics in the non-honors course.
 
"All honors courses ought to have at least one additional assignment specifically related to the honors course. Honors assignment(s) must be separate, above and beyond the assignments of the non-honors course and may include but not be limited to research papers, field trips, presentations, homework assignments."