Not High School Honors
High school students are often surprised to discover that college honors opportunities are quite different from opportunities available in their local school programs. Some students may even hesitate to apply for college honors programs due to prior experiences with high school teachers and classes designed to focus on a greater quantity of work for the most capable students. Tedious, time-consuming assignments are not the focus of college honors work. Instead the emphasis is on excellence, independence, and integration of disciplines. College honors focuses on quality of work, not just quantity. Students with records of outstanding academic success are offered special academic opportunities emphasizing close cooperation with teachers for those with the initiative to pursue learning beyond the classroom.
Mission Statement & Purposes
The Honors College offers talented, motivated students educational opportunities to enhance the Christian university experience and helps them make progress toward their personal, academic, and career goals. Our mission is to help Freed-Hardeman's most academically gifted students gain the most from their college program.
Five original purposes were enumerated in documents establishing the Honors Program in 1974:
1) Recognize and foster academic excellence and leadership.
2) Encourage and assist able students to progress beyond normal course activities.
3) Provide opportunities to integrate learning and individual interests.
4) Enable students to work more closely with teachers.
5) Promote academic responsibility, independent thinking, and the development of students' initiative to learn and work on their own.