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Instructions:
Please see the “Honors Contract Guidelines for Students and Faculty” for more information.
Please note:
The Proposal Form needs to be signed by the student, instructor and dean before it is submitted to the
Honors Program.
The Proposal Form must be completed by the student, with guidance from the instructor. The form may
be legibly written or typed.
The project must entail an estimated minimum of 15 hours of work by the student outside of regular
course work.
The project must entail 3-5 hours of meetings or conferences between the instructor and student.
The instructor and student must agree on a reasonable meeting schedule with appropriate objectives for
each meeting, leading towards completion of the project by their agreed-upon deadline.
The project grade will not be included in the regular course grade.
The “Honors” designation will be added after the instructor confirms with the Honors Program office that the
student completed the project with a “B” or better when course grades are submitted. If the project is not
satisfactorily completed per the instructor, the course will not be designated as Honors credit. Instead, it will be
recorded as a regular non-Honors course.
Abstract: Please provide a brief summary. What is the Honors Contract project topic (based on the course
syllabus), what will the product be, and what are the possible venues for having the student share their product?
(Up to 150 words)
The student is required to have a product of some kind that will be presented to an audience. Please check one:
a paper/essay,
*a professionally printed poster,
a PowerPoint-type presentation,
a demonstration,
artwork,
a musical composition,
a computer program,
other, please specify: .
*Contact Writing, Reading and Speech Assistance for help creating a poster.
The instructor and student will work with the Director of the Honors Program to find a suitable audience. Please
check one:
a presentation to a small group in the Honors conference room,
a presentation to a class,