Pennoni Honors College

Upon degree completion, graduates of our programs will be able to...

Honors Program

Create and defend an idea through dialogue (both written and spoken) and the implementation of constructive feedback.
Analyze, interpret, and synthesize information outside one’s area of study to create broader, deeper, and more complex learning experiences.
Demonstrate critical thinking with an emphasis on appreciating ambiguity in the process of developing knowledge.
Develop greater empathy and perspective by participating in discourse with students across multiple disciplines and majors.
Construct creative projects that explore elements of cultural, social, and/or scientific practices through self-directed, self-disciplined, and self-corrective thinking.
Reflect upon coursework to develop a clearer sense of self and connect that self to broad and diverse communities.
Gain insight into how others have been shaped by perspectives and conditions different from one’s own.

Demonstrate the ability to think and make connections across disciplinary fields of knowledge
Demonstrate the ability to apply cross-disciplinary methodologies to research
Demonstrate applied interdisciplinary problem-solving skills to complex problems
Demonstrate an understanding of content and methodology of at least three substantive fields of knowledge chosen by the student
Demonstrate self-directed learning through the development and achievement of a set of learning goals which are appropriate to their self-designed course of study and which were crafted in consultation with CSDN faculty (including faculty mentor) and professional staff
Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills
Demonstrate the capacity for self-advocacy
Demonstrate the requisite skills to develop and execute a long-term project that incorporates the knowledge, methodologies, and design techniques of the fields from which the students draws