This document provides scheduling strategies and advising information for honors students at different stages of their undergraduate career. For freshmen and transfers in the spring, it recommends taking math, science, foreign language courses as well as one honors course. It stresses fulfilling core requirements in the first year. For sophomores, juniors and seniors it outlines taking certain honors classes each year as well as progressing in their major and any remaining general education classes. It also provides tips for study abroad, independent research projects and graduating with honors.

1. Honors Scheduling Strategies
For Freshmen & Transfers

2. Spring Advising
• Honors Freshmen may Register on October 30th.
• Athletes Register on October 24th.
• Please follow your BGS advising procedures.
• If you have declared, you must also see you major
advisor.
• Aiken Fellows have already arranged their advising;

3. Basic Scheduling Strategies – Spring 2014
• Most of you will continue with math, science and
foreign languages as appropriate.
• Math 120 or 200-level math class
• Second course in lab science sequence
• Next (or new) foreign language course (101, 102,
201, 202)
• In many cases, you will have one more Honors
course in the spring

4. Specific Scheduling Strategies – Spring 2014
• All of you should be done with the FYE (HONS 100
& 2 other Honors classes); some of you will have
completed other core sequences.
• This will leave you with one or more open slots.
• Take a general education course.
• Enroll in an Honors class?
• Take a course in your possible major or start a new
language.

5. Unfulfilled core requirements – Spring 2014
• We asked all incoming student to take classes in at
least three of the four core areas: writing, math,
science, foreign language.
• If you do not plan to take math, science, or a foreign
language this year, you must begin the sequence
as a sophomore.
• Failure to do so will seriously jeopardize your ability
to remain in the Honors College.

6. Strategies for Sophomore Year
• Your schedule will be built around HONS 121/122
and HONS 131/132.
• If you AP’d out of HONS 131/132, you may take
another Honors course (perhaps an interdisciplinary
one) in spring 2012
• The remaining 15 or so credits may be distributed
between courses in your major/minor areas and
general education classes.

7. Strategies for junior year
• Enroll in your independent study (3 credits).
• Take your Honors interdisciplinary class (3 credits).
• Focus on making progress in your major.
• If you are studying abroad, you may be able to get
transfer credit for one Honors class, but you will
most likely be transferring general education or
major credits.
• In the spring, you may begin your Bachelor’s Essay
if you have planned well

8. Strategies for Senior Year
• Enroll in your Bachelor’s Essay sequence (6
credits).
• Complete your major.
• Finish any remaining general education
requirements.
• Complete a degree audit.

9. Registering for the IS & BE
• You must register for your IS or BE by the drop/add
deadline.
• You will also have to provide a project description
and reading list.
• This means that you must identify the faculty
member you wish to work with one semester ahead
of time.
• Failure to do this will prevent you from graduating in
Honors.

10. Getting Honors Credit for Internships
• In order for an internship to also count as your
independent study course, you must be enrolled in
3 credit hours at the CofC.
• The internship must require at least 120 hours of
work.
• When it is finished, you must submit a record of
your hours, a journal, and a paper to the dean in
order to receive independent study credit.

11. Study Abroad Strategies
• The best time to study abroad from a scheduling
standpoint is junior year.
• You may also want to consider a summer study
abroad opportunity.
• If study abroad is a legitimate possibility, it is a good
idea to leave some of your general education
requirements unfulfilled. It is easier to obtain
transfer credits for these classes.
• It is challenging to obtain Honors credit while
abroad; you must plan in advance and receive
permission to make this happen.

12. What to bring to the advising appointment
• Your Pace navigator & Major Roadmap.
• Elements of your portfolio as relevant.
• Your advising form with the top part filled out. This
was attached to the e-mail you received and is also
available in the Honors Center.
• If you have already declared, it must also be signed
by your major advisor.

13. Questions?