The University Honors Program offers in-house advising to help Honors students with course selection and completion of Honors requirements.
Honors advising is mandatory for students at the following points in the program:
| TIMING | WITH WHOM TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT |
| When the student first joins the program | Peer Advisor or Assistant Director |
| When the student completes the lower division requirements (with plans to start the upper division requirements) | Assistant Director |
| The semester prior to enrolling in the Honors capstone course | Assistant Director |
Students not at these points are still welcome and encouraged to seek advisement at least once a semester.
To schedule an advising appointment, please call 815-753-0694.
Forms
The EYE (Expand Your Education) Grant can be applied for by University Honors Students for up to $1,000 in funding for study abroad, research or presentation materials related to Honors or Capstone research. The form and rubric must be printed off, filled out and submitted at least 10 days before the University Honors Committee meets. The Honors Committee meets the first Friday of every month.
The In-Course Request is the first in a two-step process for submitting In-Course Contracts. Students may only do contracts for 300 or 400-level courses. The form below is due by the end of the second week of the semester. The second form, obtained upon turning in the first form to Campus Life 110, is due at the end of the fifth week of the semester.
Semester Non-Enrollment forms must be submitted to the Honors Program if a student is unable to take any Honors classes in a given semester. Failure to turn this in will result in de-activation from the program.
- EYE Grant (.doc)
- EYE Grant Rubric (.doc)
- In-Course Request (.doc)
- Semester Non Enrollment (.doc)
- Capstone Application (.pdf)
- Capstone Final Formatting Guidelines (.doc)
NOTE: Students completing the capstone are required to make an appointment with the assistant director for advising and to obtain the capstone approval (signature) page that must accompany the Capstone Application.
Class Schedule
The class schedule book contains a list of all available Honors courses for the upcoming semester. The list includes cornerstones, mini-sections, stand-alones, and seminars.
Please make an appointment to speak with an Honors peer advisor after you have met with your departmental advisor. You can make an appointment with a member of the Honors staff by calling 815-753-0694.
Unless noted in the schedule book below, no permit number is needed to enroll in an Honors course.
Fall 2012 Honors Classes (List is updated frequently)
Honors Themed Learning Communities
NOTE: All Upper Division students are required to take an Honors seminar. Honors seminars are upper-level courses outside one's major that do not have prerequisites, limited to 15-20 students, and have been chosen to cover a variety of timely issues and interests in some depth.