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EIU Pine Honors College

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

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Sandra and Jack Pine Honors College

Pemberton Hall South
600 Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920
(217) 581-2017
(888) 440-4664
Fax: (217) 581-7222
honors@eiu.edu


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