The Honors Transfer Program

The Honors Transfer Program at Cañada is a new program designed to support highly motivated students as they pursue their educational goals for graduation and transfer. Honors students benefit from studying in a research rich environment with other students who are dedicated to a rigorous exploration of academic, intellectual, cultural and social issues. Students from all backgrounds and in all majors are encouraged to participate in honors classes.

 

Courses offered for the Spring Semester of 2009 include:

CHEM 680   HONORS COLLOQUIUM IN CHEMISTRY

Readings, discussion, lectures and activities covering selected topics in Chemistry to be determined by the Chemistry Department and the Honors Program.  Guest speakers may be invited. Topics may include but are not limited to drug discovery, drug development, green chemistry, pollution control and the environment. Emphasis on building information research and critical thinking skills. May be repeated for credit up to three units, but may not repeat topics successfully completed.  Honors credit will be earned for both CHEM 680CH and the concurrently enrolled course. Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400. Prerequisite(s): Completion of or concurrent enrollment in any non-honors Chemistry level 200 course. Transfer: CSU

42251      CHEM 680CH APA   Fri   11:10-12:25     18-319                    Medina                       1.0              2/27-5/15

 

 

ECON 680 HONORS COLLOQUIUM IN ECONOMICS

The Financial Tsunami: How we might have gotten here and how we might get out.

The Social Sciences/Business Colloquium will spend eight weeks in a historical inquiry into the origins and effects of the current financial debacle. The colloquium will examine themes relating to economics, accounting, public choice, law, institutions, history and statistics and risk in this analysis. May be repeated for credit up to three units, but may not repeat topics successfully completed.  Honors credit will be earned for both ECON 680CH and the concurrently enrolled course. Recommended: Eligibility for READ 836, and ENGL 836 or ESL 400. Prerequisite(s): Completion of or concurrent enrollment in any non-honors Economics level 100 or 200 course; Accounting 121 and 131; math 200, 241, and 242; or Business 201. Transfer: CSU.

42248      ECON 680CH APA     Wed  2:10-4:00     13-116                    Roscelli                     1.0              1/28-4/01

 

ENGLISH 100  Honors LOVE IN THE SPRING

This intensive English 100 course will examine what love means across time, continents, fields of study, and cultures. We’ll learn about Plato’s idea of the separated twins; about science’s discovery of the “love hormone”; and about what our God(s) and our music have to say on the importance, and meaning of love. Students will have an opportunity to conduct research and write an extensive report on an aspect of love that interests them. Yes, this may include personal research conducted on Match.com. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 836 or 400 OR eligibility for ENGL 100 on approved college English Placement Test and other measures as necessary AND READ 836 with Credit or a grade of "C" or better OR eligibility for 400-level Reading courses on approved college Reading Placement Test and other measures as necessary; Transfer: CSU: A2, UC. (IGETC: 1A)

40759      ENGL 100  APA        TR  9:45 - 11am     13-112                           Palmer                     3.0

 

MATH 253 ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS III – Honors

Vectors, partial derivatives, double and triple integrals, line integrals and vector analysis theory such as Green’s, Stokes’, and Gauss’ Theorems. By the end of this course, you will be able to use technology to design and develop teaching tools and lessons that deepen your understanding of the topics covered, and research topics that extend beyond the scope of this class. One by arrangement hour of lab per week is required. RECOMMENDED: Eligibility for READ 420 and ENGL 100. PREREQ: MATH 252. (CAN MATH 22) (CAN MATH SEQ C = MATH 251 + 252 + 253) Transfer: CSU: B4, UC. (IGETC: 2)

42252      MATH 253 APA  MWF       12:45-2:10     22-118                    Lapuz                        5.0

 

 

While any student who meets the prerequisites for a given honors course may be admitted into the course, it is only possible to receive the full benefits of graduating or transferring as an Cañada Honors Scholar after you have been accepted into, and completed the program.

Eligibility requirements for the Honors Transfer Program are as follows:

Program Entrance
Entering High School Students	Continuing College Students
Complete application GPA 3.5 Eligibility for English 100 and Math 120	Complete application GPA 3.5 after 9 units of degree applicable coursework Eligibility for English 100 and Math 120
Program Maintenance
GPA 3.0 1 semester probation offered
Graduation or Transfer With Honors
Complete Honors Scholars application on file with Honors Program Coordinator 15 units in Honors Classes GPA 3.25

 

For more information about this program please contact:
Professor Patty Dilko, Honors Program Coordinator at dilko@smccd.edu or 650-306-3115.

For current honors activities at Cañada go to: http://canadacollegeptk.org/index.html