Individual Honors-Augmented Course Guidelines

For a course to satisfy the requirements of the individual Honors-augmented course contract guidelines, the course must be:

• graded (A-F) and students must receive a course grade of B- or higher in addition to completing their contract requirements to earn Honors credit
• taught by a faculty member or Category 3+ graduate teaching student as defined by the FSU Faculty Handbook or Graduate Bulletin.

The Honors student must complete satisfactorily all the regular course requirements plus one of the following artifacts, designed to foster independent, complex, and flexible thinking:

• an extra research, writing, or creative project 
• additional readings with an appropriate evaluative component 
• any other reasonable assignment on which the student and course instructor agree 

In addition to completing one of the above options, the student must also:

• meet with their course instructor at least three times during the semester to discuss progress on the Honors requirements
• meet the deadlines of the individual Honors-augmented course contract process including the initial contract application and the final Recommendation for Honors Credit form.

What Students Need to Do

1. Identify the 3000-4000 level non-honors course that you would like to use to earn Honors credit.  
2. Meet with the course instructor and express your interest in an individual Honors-augmented course contract.  
3. Discuss and determine honors requirements for the contract.  
4. Complete the individual Honors-augmented course contract information and request course instructor approval via the individual Honors-augmented course contract online portal by the deadline of 4pm on June 28, 2024. 
5. Please make sure you are using your faculty member's @fsu.edu email address. 
6. Upon completion of the course and contracted Honors requirements, meet with the course instructor to confirm Honors credit.
7. Request Recommendation of Honors Credit from the course instructor if Honors requirements have been met by the 4pm on July 30, 2024. 

What Course Instructors Need to Do

1. Discuss and approve course contract requirements and expectations with the student. 
2. Review and complete the course instructor approval request sent by the student via the online portal by the deadline of 4pm on July 5, 2024.
3. Assign a grade for the course based on the standard course requirements/criteria and independent of the contracted Honors requirements.
4. Once the Honors requirements are completed, determine if the work fulfills the expectations for receiving Honors credit. 
5. Upon completion of the course meet with the student to confirm Honors credit.
6. Complete and submit the Recommendation of Honors Credit request within the online portal by 4:00pm on August 6, 2024.