There is no extra cost to join the NCC Honors Program and you will gain:

• Small class sizes in Honors courses (15 students or less)
• Discussion-based, active learning approach with minimum lectures
• Supportive intellectual environment of motivated students and dedicated faculty
• Curriculum designed to enhance both critical and creative thinking
• Honors Program achievement highlighted on NCC transcript & at graduation
• Enhanced prospects for acceptance to next college or university
• Alternative Honors courses for General Education course requirements in program
• Less emphasis on more assignments; more opportunities to explore varied techniques

Complete an application form available from: Honors Program Coordinator, Stephanie Roper, Honors Program Office Gregg Hall 177 or [email protected] or from Admissions Office or Advising Center.

To graduate with the Honors Program Graduate designation on the NCC transcript, you must have:

•  Applied and been accepted into the Honors Program
• Successfully completed a minimum of 2 Honors courses earning a minimum grade of B- in each Honors course.
• Achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.20 in the degree program.
• Submitted the required Honors Program Learning E-Portfolio accepted to the Honors Program Coordinator by the second Monday in April of their graduating year.
• The Learning E-portfolio will include academic assignments and projects completed in the NCC Honors and NCC Degree program courses that demonstrate successful achievement of the Honors Program competencies.

To graduate with the designation of NCC Honors Program Scholar on their diploma and transcript, in addition to the above stipulations, you must have

• Successfully completed one additional Honors course (3 total) with a grade of B- or above Or have included in their Learning E-Portfolio, with reflection on achieved learning, at least
• One independent research project on a concept introduced in a course
• One Capstone project completed in an NCC degree program
• One Community Service project successfully completed and documented
• One internship successfully completed and documented
• Two cultural experiences (play, art exhibit, concert, lecture, film) documented

In completing 2 or more Honors courses, you will be able to:

• Communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, with a rhetorical style, depth of analysis, and voice appropriate to the complexity of the intellectual discourse.
• Demonstrate comprehension and critical evaluation skills of scholarly research and multiple genres of writing.
• Logically apply knowledge for problem solving and toward the advancement of new interpretations and developed arguments within a variety of academic and professional contexts.
• Demonstrate a facility with contemporary information technology and the essential skills required by various academic and professional communities