Qualification Requirements
Qualifying Students Must Meet Certain Criteria:
To qualify for admission to the FTCC Honors College, students must meet the following criteria:
- First term high school students must have a 3.2 high school GPA (unweighted)
- Students must have completed all developmental courses prior to participation in the Honors College.
- Currently enrolled students must have a 3.5 GPA
- Currently enrolled students must have one recommendation from faculty to become an Honors Scholar. First term high school students must have two letters of recommendation from teachers.
- Students enrolled in AA/AS/AE/AFA/AGE/HFS either full- or part-time, are eligible
Apply
Students will complete and submit the Honors College online application. Students who apply must submit their application no later than August 1st for the fall semester and December 1st for the spring semester.
Remember you must submit an Application for Admission to Fayetteville Technical Community College before applying for the Honors Program.
Expectations
To maintain membership in the Honors College students must:
- Enroll in ACA 122 and ENG 111 during their first semester as part of their course schedule.
- Maintain a 3.5 cumulative GPA each semester. Students falling below a 3.5 will be permitted on probationary semester and must return to 3.5 GPA by the end of the probationary semester.
- Sign a contract acknowledging their understanding of program and project requirements.
Students who fail to meet academic expectations will be granted on probationary semester. If academic expectations are not met by the end of the probationary semester, students will be deactivated from the program. However, students may immediately re-apply to the Honors Program once eligibility requirements have been re-established.
Outcomes
Upon completion of the Honors Program, students should successfully demonstrate the ability to:
- Articulate disciplinary and interdisciplinary theories, concepts, principles, skills, and practices
- Synthesize knowledge across courses and other experiences
- Evaluate, analyze, and integrate information from a variety of sources
- Develop critical, reasoned positions
- Demonstrate effective oral communication skills and effective writing skills
- Listen actively and critically
- Present work effectively to a range of audiences
- Practice ethical decision making in research and practice
- Engage in local and global civic activities
- Articulate the value of a diverse and global perspective
- Exhibit the skills necessary to acquire, organize, reorganize, and interpret new knowledge
- Show proficiency in current technologies and the ability to adapt to emerging technologies
- Formulate a plan of personal goals for continued professional growth
- Demonstrate intellectual curiosity
- Work with others to support a shared purpose or goal
Credits Earned
Honors credit for each course is awarded if the artifact included in the portfolio is completed to the professor’s satisfaction and the student receives a grade of “B” or higher in the course.
Portfolio
Honors College students are required to create and present a portfolio as a way to demonstrate active reflection upon their academic choices made while at FTCC. Portfolios serve as integrative tools to examine and archive significant examples of students’ educational experiences. Portfolios encourage creative, real-time reflection and enable students to make connections between and across courses and disciplines, as well as to bridge the gap between educational experiences inside and outside of college classrooms. Portfolios encourage students to reflect on experiences and questions that are essential for lifelong learning and global citizenship.
Portfolios will also enable students to connect Honors and FTCC learning with their own values and future goals, which provides a space for students to begin translating their FTCC experience as they prepare for their next steps. Additionally, portfolios may be used as valuable tools to demonstrate competency and a body of substantial academic and creative work to future employers, higher-learning institutions, faculty mentors, and peers.
Courses
The honors program consists of 22-23 credit hours; participants would select these credits from designated courses listed below. Selected courses will satisfy the general education requirement.