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Smittcamp Family Honors College
The Smittcamp Family
Honors College
Stephen Rodemeyer, Director
McLane Building, Room 200
2345 East San Ramon Avenue,
M/S MH128
Fresno, CA 93740-8031
Phone: (559) 278-8160
Toll Free: (877) 323-2089
FAX: (559) 278-8162
E-mail: honors@csufresno.edu
http://honors.csufresno.edu
16 2002-2003 California State University, Fresno General Catalog
What is an honors program?
Simply put, it is a program of educational
opportunity for outstanding students. It
takes the form of specially structured
academic offerings designed to engage
students more comprehensively and
intellectually with an institution’s best
faculty on virtually a one-to-one basis.
Honors studies provide top students the
opportunity to function in the most
stimulating and challenging intellectual
learning environment an institution can
create.
Earl and Muriel Smittcamp Family
California State University, Fresno
planned to establish a program of honors
study for many years. With an initial
generous gift of $1 million from the Earl
and Muriel Smittcamp Family, the plan
for the Honors College is now a reality.
The Honors College
Studying the best programs in the
country, the university created a concept
for an honors education at Fresno State.
Working to provide the advantages of a
small liberal arts college within the
resources of a major university, the
Honors College offers three types of
degrees with honors: University Honors,
College/School Honors, and Department
Honors. A degree with University Honors
is based in General Education honors
studies and requires 24 lower-division and
9 to 12 upper-division units. All courses
are specially designed and will be available
only to honors students. The initial
offerings are structured so all honors
students take these courses together,
thereby becoming a special honors
learning community in which students
and faculty truly share a common experi-ence.
In order to stimulate maximum
student/faculty interaction, courses will be
limited to 25 students each.
College/School Honors are earned at the
upper-division level. Students may pursue
a special program of advanced study
within the college/school of their chosen
discipline. Currently, the Craig School of
Business has such a program in place. In
time, all colleges/schools plan to have
comparable upper-division programs for
their majors.
Department Honors, also earned at the
upper-division level, allow students to
pursue an advanced program of study
within their major. The Department of
Psychology currently has such a program,
and the university is actively encouraging
and supporting the development of
honors programs in other departments.
Honors Colloquium
A distinctive offering of the Honors
College over and above the innovative
design of the courses is each semester’s
Honors Colloquium. Designed around
the “town meeting” model, each
semester’s offerings will be focused on a
topic of current importance. Sample
topics might be “Public Service and
Private Life” and “The United States and
Social Responsibility: Self Improvement
vs. Global Imperatives.” A combination
of faculty experts, University Lecture
Series guests, and various outside authori-ties
address the topic in a weekly public
gathering. Honors students then engage
with the week’s expert in a dialogue that
grows from the expert’s presentation. The
honors director or other faculty is the
moderator; our campus community at
large is invited as audience.
These colloquia also provide opportuni-ties
for faculty to present their own
research. The campus can learn about a
colleague’s research while students
experience models for presenting their
own research. Finally, Honors students
themselves will use the colloquia as a
vehicle for publicly presenting their own
senior honors projects.
Scholarships
Assisted by Student Affairs and Financial
Aid, President Welty pairs the honors
academic opportunity with financial
opportunity.
All 75 students in each Smittcamp
Family Honors College class receive a
President’s Honors Scholarship Grant.
This consists of the equivalent of full
tuition and fees, an annual $200 book
allowance, and free housing on campus
for all four years of a student’s honors
study.
The program is designed to attract more
freshmen students to California State
University, Fresno. The intellectual level
of the campus is enhanced by Honors
College offerings and activities; the
impact resonates throughout the Central
Valley.
For more information, contact the
director of the Honors College.
COURSES
Honors (HONOR)
1. Honors Colloquium (1; max total 6)
Colloquium for students in the Smittcamp
Family Honors College. Overview of the
university. Presentation and discussion of
current topics. Special presentations by fac-ulty,
campus guests, and senior honors
project students.
101. Emerging Voices after Colonialism:
Revolution in Theory, Revolution
in Practice (4)
Explores the expanding field of postcolonial
studies. Postcolonialism studies critically
analyzes the dialectic between Western im-perialism
and resistance to colonialism in
Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Readings
will include primary sources, essays of criti-cism
and theory, colonial literature, and a
diverse selection of novels from formerly
colonized nations.*
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| Title | 2002-03 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2002-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
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| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
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| Full Text Search | Smittcamp Family Honors College The Smittcamp Family Honors College Stephen Rodemeyer, Director McLane Building, Room 200 2345 East San Ramon Avenue, M/S MH128 Fresno, CA 93740-8031 Phone: (559) 278-8160 Toll Free: (877) 323-2089 FAX: (559) 278-8162 E-mail: honors@csufresno.edu http://honors.csufresno.edu 16 2002-2003 California State University, Fresno General Catalog What is an honors program? Simply put, it is a program of educational opportunity for outstanding students. It takes the form of specially structured academic offerings designed to engage students more comprehensively and intellectually with an institution’s best faculty on virtually a one-to-one basis. Honors studies provide top students the opportunity to function in the most stimulating and challenging intellectual learning environment an institution can create. Earl and Muriel Smittcamp Family California State University, Fresno planned to establish a program of honors study for many years. With an initial generous gift of $1 million from the Earl and Muriel Smittcamp Family, the plan for the Honors College is now a reality. The Honors College Studying the best programs in the country, the university created a concept for an honors education at Fresno State. Working to provide the advantages of a small liberal arts college within the resources of a major university, the Honors College offers three types of degrees with honors: University Honors, College/School Honors, and Department Honors. A degree with University Honors is based in General Education honors studies and requires 24 lower-division and 9 to 12 upper-division units. All courses are specially designed and will be available only to honors students. The initial offerings are structured so all honors students take these courses together, thereby becoming a special honors learning community in which students and faculty truly share a common experi-ence. In order to stimulate maximum student/faculty interaction, courses will be limited to 25 students each. College/School Honors are earned at the upper-division level. Students may pursue a special program of advanced study within the college/school of their chosen discipline. Currently, the Craig School of Business has such a program in place. In time, all colleges/schools plan to have comparable upper-division programs for their majors. Department Honors, also earned at the upper-division level, allow students to pursue an advanced program of study within their major. The Department of Psychology currently has such a program, and the university is actively encouraging and supporting the development of honors programs in other departments. Honors Colloquium A distinctive offering of the Honors College over and above the innovative design of the courses is each semester’s Honors Colloquium. Designed around the “town meeting” model, each semester’s offerings will be focused on a topic of current importance. Sample topics might be “Public Service and Private Life” and “The United States and Social Responsibility: Self Improvement vs. Global Imperatives.” A combination of faculty experts, University Lecture Series guests, and various outside authori-ties address the topic in a weekly public gathering. Honors students then engage with the week’s expert in a dialogue that grows from the expert’s presentation. The honors director or other faculty is the moderator; our campus community at large is invited as audience. These colloquia also provide opportuni-ties for faculty to present their own research. The campus can learn about a colleague’s research while students experience models for presenting their own research. Finally, Honors students themselves will use the colloquia as a vehicle for publicly presenting their own senior honors projects. Scholarships Assisted by Student Affairs and Financial Aid, President Welty pairs the honors academic opportunity with financial opportunity. All 75 students in each Smittcamp Family Honors College class receive a President’s Honors Scholarship Grant. This consists of the equivalent of full tuition and fees, an annual $200 book allowance, and free housing on campus for all four years of a student’s honors study. The program is designed to attract more freshmen students to California State University, Fresno. The intellectual level of the campus is enhanced by Honors College offerings and activities; the impact resonates throughout the Central Valley. For more information, contact the director of the Honors College. COURSES Honors (HONOR) 1. Honors Colloquium (1; max total 6) Colloquium for students in the Smittcamp Family Honors College. Overview of the university. Presentation and discussion of current topics. Special presentations by fac-ulty, campus guests, and senior honors project students. 101. Emerging Voices after Colonialism: Revolution in Theory, Revolution in Practice (4) Explores the expanding field of postcolonial studies. Postcolonialism studies critically analyzes the dialectic between Western im-perialism and resistance to colonialism in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Readings will include primary sources, essays of criti-cism and theory, colonial literature, and a diverse selection of novels from formerly colonized nations.* |
