HONORS CONTRACT FOR A REGULAR COURSE AT ORU
An honors student must have the professor’s permission and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 in order to be eligible for honors
work in a regular course. This form must be completed, signed by the student, the professor and an Honors Program Director and
submitted to the Honors Program oce (GC 5C06) no later than two weeks after the semester begins. Copies should be retained
by all parties.
Honors work normally involves independent research and/or writing in addition to, or instead of, the normal requirements of the
course. Specic expectations are exible but we recommend the following:
• At least two conferences between student and professor to plan and discuss the honors work
• Encouragement for the student to examine the course content more deeply and independently than might otherwise be
required, not merely read or write more
• Opportunity to apply the knowledge acquired in the course in ways that might not be required of other students (e.g. by
evaluating secondary literature or by laboratory work)
• Opportunity to share the results with the class (e.g. by presentation or web posting)
STUDENT NAME: _______________________________________________________ Z#: ______________________________
Phone: __________________________________________________ HP Classication: £ Fellow £ Scholar
Email: __________________________________________________ Expected Grad Year: _________________
Major/Minor: _____________________________________________ Cumulative GPA: ___________________
Previous honors courses and grades: ______________________________________________________________
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Course Name: _______________________________________ Course Number: _____________________ CRN: ___________
Class/Day Time: _____________________________________ Professor: __________________________ Room: _________
Semester and year to be applied: _____________________________________________________________________________
REQUIREMENTS FOR HONORS:
Special reading/research: ______________________________________________________________________________
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Special writing/reporting: ______________________________________________________________________________
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Special meetings with professor: ________________________________________________________________________
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Method of evaluation: _________________________________________________________________________________
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Minimum grade in class to qualify for honors credit: ______________
SIGNATURES:
Student: ___________________________________________________ Date: __________________________
Professor: __________________________________________________ Date: __________________________
Department Chair: ___________________________________________ Date: __________________________
Honors Program Director: _____________________________________ Date: __________________________
Registrar: __________________________________________________ Date: __________________________
(All parties should keep a copy of this contract)
ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY • 7777 S. LEWIS AVE., TULSA, OK 74171 • WWW.ORU.EDU • 918.495.6756 • HONORSPROGRAM@ORU.EDU
