Honors students may satisfy honors course requirements by
taking a non-honors course individually augmented for honors credit. The
augmentation should involve an individualized project with a significant
writing component. It may involve laboratory or field research or a
performance. The augmentation project must be agreed to by the student and the
instructor and be approved by the Honors Director. In some cases projects may
be an addition to regular course requirements; in others they may be an expansion
of an existing requirement.
Students are encouraged to use augmentations to prepare for
a Capstone Project. Some
augmentations will help a student explore possible Capstone topics. Once a
Capstone topic has been identified, augmentations should be used to begin work
on the project.
Check out the abstracts to see what
students have done so far!
If you wish to do an augmentation:
1. You will need to go to: http://www.lhup.edu/honors/forms/augmentation_proposal.htm
and print out the form.
2. Go to the professor of the class and have him/her sign
the form after discussing your proposal.
3. You will need to submit the proposal to Dr.
McGinn. You
will need the proposal form, with all signatures, along with a brief
description of the project (All necessary information is on the proposal
form.)
Once those things are done, you will be able to begin. Proposals
must be submitted to Dr. McGinn in a
timely manner, within the first few weeks of the semester.
When your augmentation is complete:
1. You will need to go to: http://www.lhup.edu/honors/forms/augmentation_completion.htm
and print out the form.
2. This form will need to be signed by the professor and
then turned into Dr. McGinn ALONG WITH the paper you wrote for your project/or
any related materials.
3. You also need to complete a Project Abstract that gives
an overview of your augmentation. (All necessary information is on the
proposal form.)
This information needs to be handed in as soon as the
project has been accepted by your professor so that proper credit can be given
to you.
