Policies & Good Standing – Renée Crown University Honors Program

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Honors Policies & Good Standing

Maintaining Good Standing in Honors

Honors advisors are here to help you understand and navigate the Program's requirements. Please contact your Honors advisor through Orange Success with questions and concerns.

The components of maintaining good standing in Honors include:

Grades
Academic Integrity
Student Conduct
Progress through Honors Requirements
Thesis Project

Grades

A cumulative GPA of 3.4 (3.2 in Architecture) is required to remain in good standing.

Honors will withdraw students from the program when:

- Your cumulative GPA is below 3.4 and remains below 3.4 after one probationary semester.

- You reach your Junior year and return to good standing is unlikely.

Academic Integrity

If a student violates the University's Academic Integrity Policy, depending on the level of the violation and the case findings, they may have additional repercussions with the Renée Crown University Honors Program. Honors addresses issues of academic integrity based on the policy found in the section below.

Student Conduct

Participation in the Honors Program is contingent on a student's good standing with the University's Student Code of Conduct System. The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities will notify the Renée Crown University Honors Program of students who have been found to violate the policy with a finding of disciplinary probation, suspension or expulsion. The Honors Program will review only closed cases, after all appeals have been exhausted, to determine if the student is eligible to remain in Honors.

Progress

Honors students are expected to make steady progress towards fulfilling the Honors requirements. While progress will vary among academic programs, students will be informed of concerns about their lack of progress. Continued lack of progress in fulfilling Honors requirements is a cause for withdrawal from the Program.
Students not in good standing in Honors are no longer eligible for Early Registration, will not have access to Honors courses without special permission, and are not eligible for Honors funding.
To remain in good standing, it is our expectation that students will take an Honors course within their first two semesters of the program.

For questions about good standing in the Program, please make an appointment to discuss this with your Honors advisor.

Thesis

Honors students must complete a thesis project within their major and submit their final project in the spring of their Senior semester. Students are required to submit a thesis proposal in November of their Junior year. Students studying abroad and in other circumstances may receive an extension, however all Honors students must have an approved Thesis proposal no later than the end of the Junior year to ensure there is sufficient time to complete a thesis. Students without an approved Thesis proposal will be removed from the program.

Course Loads and Registration Policy

Typical Course Load

The typical course load for a student with a single major is 15 credits per semester (15 credits x 8 semesters = 120 credit hours required by most undergraduate programs). Students with broad interests, who may be pursuing multiple majors and/or minors, often take more than 15 credits per semester. All Syracuse University full-time undergraduates are allowed to register for up to 19 credits each semester without incurring additional tuition charges. This provides enough flexibility to incorporate courses taken to satisfy additional requirements and to explore new interests.

Registering for More Than 19 Credits as an Honors Student

In rare cases, it may become necessary to take over 19 credits. A student can request permission from Honors to do so, as long as they are making good progress in completing Honors requirements. This is intended to provide exceptional students with the opportunity to take the number of credit hours they need for an appropriately challenging course load. Registration for courses beyond 19 credits is subject to extra tuition charges (see exemption information below).

To request permission to register for more than 19 credits in the following semester, submit the 'Request for Overload' form. Submit the form at least one week before your enrollment appointment.

You must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 to request this permission.
Please do not abuse this privilege by signing up for more credits than you actually intend to complete--you are taking space in classes from other students who are relying on these classes for Honors and/or program requirements.

Overload Tuition Rate Exemption

Honors students with a 3.5 cumulative grade point average or higher at the beginning of the semester in which they are registered for 20 credit hours or more will not be billed for the extra tuition charge, providing they have no outstanding grades of "I" (Incomplete).

Exception: Winterlude course tuition is charged separately although Winterlude courses appear in the spring term. There are no exemptions to tuition charges incurred for Winterlude courses.

Syracuse University Academic Integrity Policy

Academic Integrity Policy

Students, faculty, administrators, and staff of the Renée Crown University Honors Program share responsibility for advocating and upholding the highest standards of academic integrity. We expect students to understand the educational value of these standards, and we expect those who teach and support students to help them understand in detail what these standards are, why they are important, and how they will be met in each context of teaching.

The Honors Program follows the University's Policies and Procedures on Academic Integrity. Those policies and the relevant procedures are available at https://teachingexcellence.syr.edu/academic-integrity/.

The Office of Academic Integrity (within the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence) will notify the Honors Program of students who have been found to violate the policy, and the Honors Program reserves the right to remove from the Honors Program any student who has committed an academic violation in any course. The Honors Program will only review closed cases, after all appeals through the Academic Integrity Office have been exhausted, and will adhere to the Academic Integrity Office’s classification rubric, found here: Academic Integrity Office’s Classification Rubric

Renée Crown University Honors Program Policy for Academic Integrity Decisions:

Honors Students who receive a warning violation are encouraged to meet with an Honors Advisor for academic support, as needed, throughout their case.
Honors Students who receive a Level I violation will not be in program good standing until sanctions have been completed.
- This means that Honors students are not eligible for early registration or Honors funding during this time.
Honors Students who receive a Level II violation will be removed from the program. Once their Academic Integrity probationary period and sanctions are completed, they are eligible to return to the program following a mandatory meeting with the Renée Crown University Honors Program Associate Director, or Director.
- Honors Students who receive a level II violation and are on probation at the completion of their final semester of their undergraduate program will not be allowed to complete the Renée Crown University Honors Program or graduate with Honors.
Honors Students who receive a Level III violation will be permanently removed from the Renée Crown University Honors Program.

The Renée Crown University Honors Program does not require students removed from the program to drop or withdraw from any Honors course, but the student will not be allowed to enroll in new Honors courses.

Renée Crown University Honors Program decisions are final, and there is no appeal process for these decisions. By participating in the Renée Crown University Honors Program students are automatically subject to this policy.

Academic Integrity Expectations

Students may not be aware of actions that contradict academic integrity expectations, including plagiarism and self-plagiarism (the reuse of one’s own work as original work, such as submitting the same work in multiple courses without permission of the faculty).

Academic policy regarding these actions is noted in Syracuse University’s policy, which states:

“Submitting work completed previously for another course or purpose constitutes a violation of this policy, as such double use of material deprives students of the opportunity to learn from the current assignment. Students seeking to submit the same work in more than one course or to submit work they have previously completed for another purpose or submitted to another organization or institution, including a high school, must obtain written approval from all relevant University instructors before submitting the work. This requirement applies to all course work regardless of format, including but not limited to art, music, film, design projects, computer code, oral reports, and other course output in addition to written assignments. An instructor may allow students to expand the scope of an assignment so as to legitimately submit it for two courses or requirements. (Academic Integrity Policy Expectation 2: Do Your Own Work).”

The “What Students Need to Know About Academic Integrity” policy document states that submission of “… the same paper or artwork in two courses without written approval from both instructors (Expectation 2: Do Your Own Work)” is a violation of the University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

These policies are available on the Academic Integrity website: https://teachingexcellence.syr.edu/academic-integrity/. They are titled, “What Students Need to Know About Academic Integrity,” (first document) and “Interim Academic Integrity Policy” (second document). Other policy documents are also available on the website.

Code of Conduct

Students, faculty, administrators, and staff of the Renée Crown University Honors Program adhere to all institutional policies and procedures as outlined by the Code of Student Conduct and the Office of Community Standards.
Students in the Honors Program must operate in compliance with the University's Code of Student Conduct. Those policies and the relevant procedures are available at http://studentconduct.syr.edu.

Participation in the Honors Program is contingent on a student's good standing with the University Student Conduct System. The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities will notify the Honors Program of students who have been found to violate the policy with a penalty of disciplinary probation or higher. The Honors Program will review only closed cases, after all appeals have been exhausted.

If a student is placed on disciplinary probation, the Honors Program reserves the right to remove the student permanently from the Program. If a student is placed on disciplinary probation, but not removed from the program, the student will receive standard sanctions that constitute a loss of privileges (student will be ineligible for early registration status and will be ineligible to apply for or receive funding from the Program) during the period of disciplinary probation. Any student suspended from the University will be removed permanently from the Honors Program. There will be no appeal process for these decisions.

By participating in the Honors Program, students are automatically subject to this policy.