Qualities of Honors Courses at Eastern
An ideal Honors course at Eastern Illinois University will do the following:
- Encourage critical and analytical thinking
- Provide ample opportunity for structured reflection
- Incorporate problem-solving skills
- Engage students in the learning process
- Sharpen communication skills
- Integrate and connect skills and knowledge gained from multiple courses and experiences
- Accentuate one-on-one interactions
- Exhibit inquiry-based learning
- Encourage collaboration in assignments and projects
- Promote intellectual curiosity and intellectual risk taking
- Evidence openness to new ideas
- Demonstrate pedagogical innovation and experimentation
Additionally, as appropriate to the scope and focus of the course, Honors courses strive to do the following:
- Create interdisciplinary connections
- Emphasize diversity and global learning
- Encourage intercultural knowledge and competence
- Promote the development of academic writing skills
- Emphasize service-learning and community-based learning
- Allow for real world application of knowledge
