Casper College Honors Institute ~ Casper, Wyoming

The Casper College Honors Program offers qualifying students the opportunity to join with their peers in a challenging program tailored to meet their intelligence and strong motivation. Our invitation-only curriculum includes four interdisciplinary seminars featuring timely and relevant topics such as, "Biomedical and Environmental Ethics," and "Totalitarianism: The Nature of Evi." These seminars will satisfy many of the college general education requirements, thus reducing extra coursework. Field trips to cultural events and conferences will take your learning outside the classroom. Informal social gatherings, including outdoor activities, will promote a sense of community and fun.

Numerous benefits accompany involvement in this program. For example, one can expect to receive financial aid of up to $1,000 per year in addition to the Hathaway scholarships enjoyed by qualifying students. Furthermore, participation in the Casper College Honors Program will increase the likelihood of acceptance and transfer to many similar programs at outstanding four-year institutions throughout the region.


Honors Program Director Will Robinson 307-268-2359	Assistant Director David Zoby 307-268- 2379	Casper College 125 College Drive Casper, WY 82601

PHILOSOPHY:
The Casper College Honors Program is designed to promote a rigorous academic program for exceptionally talented and motivated students. Moved by the quest for truth, and with the goal of gaining a comprehensive view of the nature of thought, knowledge, and human understanding in an environment of creative interaction, these students explore the fundamental ideas and values of human culture from a variety of disciplines. Moreover, Honors students are challenged to develop and exercise their moral responsibilities, which include leadership, thoughtful self-governance, and social consciousness.

COMMUNITY:
The Casper College Honors Program embodies the belief that we discover ourselves within the rich network of participatory community. Unlike the standard approach to education, which all too often features huge classes in which the individual loses her or his identity while sitting passively, the CC Honors community promotes both self-awareness as well as the bonds of friendship forged through a shared commitment to ourselves, to others, and to the larger world. Animated by a common love of truth, CC Honors students also enjoy informal social gatherings, field trips to cultural events, conference attendance, fun outdoor activities, and simply hanging out with friends in the Honors lounge. So at Casper College, we offer a vibrant alternative to the alienation so commonly found in an approach that places numbers over people.

HIGHLIGHTS:
CC Honors Program students take four interdisciplinary seminars during the course of their program. These small, interactive classes feature timely and relevant topics of concern to American society and the world. Exploring such topics as bioethics, totalitarianism and the nature of evil, as well as the search for truth in the sciences and humanities, these seminars are taught by exceptionally well-trained scholars who love both learning and teaching, thus providing an entirely unique experience for their students.

BENEFITS:

Increased financial aid of up to $1,000 per year plus Hathaway scholarships for qualifying students.
Small, stimulating interactive classes taught by exceptional scholars committed to your success.
Membership in a vibrant community premised on the values of academic achievement, leadership, and social consciousness.
Increased likelihood of acceptance and transfer to many honors programs in outstanding regional four-year colleges and universities.

ADMISSION:

High school GPA of 3.25 or higher.
Composite ACT score of 24 or higher; SAT of 1700 or better.
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A letter of recommendation from an instructor familiar with your work and promise.

Please check the spring 2010 schedule for days and times. Also see Dr. Robinson for advising before registering.

CLASSES OFFERED IN SPRING 2010 (FOR HONORS STUDENTS ONLY):

POLS 1000-95 US and Wyoming Government (Erich Frankland)
ENGL 1020-95 English Composition II (Patrick Amelotte)
CO/M 1010-95 Public Speaking (Gretchen Wheeler)

CLASSES OFFERED IN SPRING 2010 (WITH HONORS COMPONENT):

BIOL 2120-01 Bioethics (Will Robinson)
SOC 2112-01 Environmental Sociology (Chad Hanson)
INET 2665-01 New Media (Todd Cotton)
GEOL 1100-02 Physical Geology (Jerry Nelson)
CO/M 2380-01 Cinema History (Ebba Stedillie & Pete Van Houten)

TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES:

Transfer to honors programs in outstanding regional four-year colleges and universities, such as:

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