Program Overview
The University Honors Program is a four-year
university wide program providing a challenging educational
experience to qualified students. The program serves as
a laboratory for academic innovation that will improve undergraduate
education, and provide a place for students to discover
the best in themselves. Through small classes emphasizing
writing and critical thinking skills and close, continual
academic advisement, the Honors Program seeks to provide
access to excellent education for its students.
The Honors Program encourages students to enhance their
undergraduate experience with local, national and international
academic experiences. Honors students have been active participants
in NEIU Annual Student Research and Creative Activities
Symposium and have presented papers at other academic conferences.
Honors students also are active campus leaders.
The University Honors Program is an integral part of the
Northeastern community. It helps students to reach their
full potential as undergraduates and prepares them for the
challenges of graduate education or employment.
How does the program work?
Freshman and sophomore students complete regular general
education requirements by taking Honors courses in the fine
arts, humanities, social, behavioral and natural sciences.
Junior and senior students complete requirements for their
major with enhanced courses, as well as an Honors Seminar,
Honors Colloquium, and a culminating thesis project, a research-based
inquiry guided by a faculty advisor of the student’s
choosing.
In honors courses, subjects are examined in depth. The quality
of teaching and work is high. The pace of honors courses
is rigorous, stimulating, challenging, and intense. Students
typically take one or two honors courses per semester as
part of their regular course load.
Seniors in the program complete an Honors Thesis/Project.
This extended project allows students to put academic skills
and creativity to work on subjects that most interest them.
Contact Information
For further information, contact the Coordinator of the
Honors Program: Kathleen Kardaras, Ph.D. at the Northeastern
Illinois University main campus, room B141, telephone 773-442-6044,
email k-kardaras@neiu.edu
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