HON 170 — Honors Contract * (1 Hour)
The Honors Contract provides an opportunity for students to personalize their learning in a course and formally engage in undergraduate research. Students will be mentored by a faculty in a particular discipline by focusing on a topic of unique interest to the student but closely associated with the theme of the course it is enhancing. The honors contract always exceeds the course's goals and scope and draws from honors courses that students have completed prior to their enrollment. Students will especially build upon the research literacy skills introduced in the Honors Seminar to develop a project informed by research. They will refine their ability to observe, synthesize information and reflect while making sense of a problem they have identified by engaging with the scholarship in the discipline of choice. Students will develop a greater understanding of issues identified in collaboration with the faculty mentor to enhance their learning as well as their peers' learning. This is a repeatable course and may be taken more than once for credit.