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What is the Honors Program at Stockton College?

Stockton Honors is an academic program that combines challenging courses with service learning to foster a warm, supportive intellectual community. Honors students can choose any course of study from Stockton's major, minor, and certificate programs, while exploring opportunities from South Jersey to South Africa and all points in between.What unites us is a commitment to academic excellence, to making the world a better place, and to working creatively to achieve our goals.

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"The Honors Program is a wonderful organization where students can grow academically as well as personally."
-- Anthony S, Business Studies alumni

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Admission to the Honors Program

Admission to the Honors Program is competitive. Applicants must submit a separate application and letter of recommendation directly to the Honors Program office. Preference is given to those students who demonstrate clear intellectual curiosity and a strong desire to take an active role in their education and the College community. To remain in the program, students must continue to make academic progress, fulfill their service learning requirement, and maintain a 3.3 GPA. For application materials for the 2013-2014 academic year, please go to Honors Admissions Resources. 

Required Honors Courses

Required Honors Courses for Transfer Students

Transfer students who enter Stockton as sophomores are required to take three Honors courses, one of which must be at the 3000 level. Transfer students who enter Stockton as juniors are required to take two Honors courses, one of which must be at the 3000 level. 

Transfer students will ordinarily be required to take the Honors Transfer Seminar GSS 3604, Honors: Economic Well Being, during their first semester at Stockton. 

Service Learning Requirement

Honors students have made a commitment to making the world a better place, and the Service Learning Requirement allows them to fulfill that commitment in a variety of ways. Students entering the Honors Program are required to complete GEN 2840, Honors Service Learning, every semester that they remain in the program. Working in consultation with the Honors Director and the Service Learning Coordinator, they develop a Service Learning Portfolio tailored to their personal interests, academic and career ambitions, and individual goals. They will ordinarily complete two service projects per semester in order to develop their skills and expertise in civic engagement. 

Students who entered the Honors Program prior to Fall 2011 are encouraged to consult with the Honors Director about their service requirement.

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"Stockton Honors is a challenge, not simply of academic ability but of character. Honors students hope to become not only leaders, but exemplars of service to other students and to the community."
-- Daniel H, Criminal Justice major

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First Year Excellence

Towards the end of their first year in the Honors Program, students may apply for the First Year Excellence award. To be eligible, they must:

• earn a 3.5 GPA at the end of their first semester

• have taken, or be registered for, two of the required Honors classes (not counting GEN 2840)

• attend the Day of Scholarship

• attend the Stockton Celebration of Service

• complete the Freshman 15 Blogging Project

Certificate of Distinction in Honors

Prior to graduation, Honors students may apply for Certificate of Distinction in Honors, which will appear on their college transcript. To be eligible, they must:

• earn a GPA of 3.5 in Honors courses

• complete all of the required Honors courses

• complete the service learning requirement

• complete a creative, research, or internship project in their major, and present it to the Honors community

  Students who matriculated before Fall 2011 may choose either these or the former requirements for College Honors. Please contact the Honors Director for more information. 

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"Honors students share a love of learning, a commitment to excellence, a desire to achieve, and a belief that it is important to care about the world and its future."
-- Samantha N, Literature major

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