Our guidelines are intended to encourage you to focus on two elements: the content of reading assignments and the process students use to complete the reading assignments.
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Guidelines for Readings |
| 200 Level Honors Courses | Readings assigned should take a 1st or 2nd year student no more than 6 hrs/wk to prepare for class. Instruction includes guidance on how to read scholarly work in the division/discipline. Assume students do not know how to annotate for purposes other than memorization. |
| 300 Level Honors Courses | Readings assigned should take a 3rd or 4th year student no more than 6 hrs/wk to prepare for class. Instruction includes guidance on how to read disciplinary scholarship as well as how to synthesize outside readings with one’s own research interests. Hopefully students will know how to annotate for purposes other than memorization, but be prepared to check in with them. |
Guidelines for Assignments |
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| 200 Level Honors Courses | Cognitive level thinking and writing skills which include: reporting, description, literature review, analysis, critical response. Instructors cover basic disciplinary research practices and require an assignment in which instructor primarily provides support and oversight for student learning in the process of collecting sources (e.g. student can identify a source’s argument and relies on instructor to situate it in the discipline). The research assignment does not have to be connected to a written assignment, but can be. A general guideline for the amount of written work in the semester is to assign 80% of the guideline for an A&S Writing Intensive Course* (unless you are offering your Honors class as a writing intensive class)
*minimum of four writing assignments, including drafts, totaling at least 4,000 words is required. One assignment must be at least 1,000 words. Written papers are not the only form of assessment we look for, in fact we encourage creativity from you and your students. Please include critical reflection written pieces when students complete projects that are not written. |
| 300 Level Honors Courses | Cognitive level thinking and writing skills which include: analysis, critical response, synthesis. Instructors support the development of students’ independent research practices and require an assignment in which instructor primarily provides support for student learning in the process of collecting and synthesizing sources in a distinct field (e.g. student can identify a source’s argument and can begin to situate it in the field; students may be required to collect sources from varying standpoints in a field).
The research assignment should be integrated with a writing assignment for the class. A general guideline for the amount of written work in the semester is to assign 100% of the guideline for an A&S Writing Intensive Course* (unless you are offering your Honors class as a writing intensive class) *minimum of four writing assignments, including drafts, totaling at least 4,000 words is required. One assignment must be at least 1,000 words. Written papers are not the only form of assessment we look for, in fact we encourage creativity from you and your students. Please include critical reflection written pieces when students complete projects that are not written. |