1. COS HONORS PROGRAM

2. The COS Honors program is created to offers students the opportunity to expand and enrich their educational journey. Specific courses are designed to present to the dedicated and committed student an opportunity to reach a greater breadth and depth of their academic and intellectual potential. The COS Honors program establishes greater academic rigor through offering collaborative interaction in themed and threaded coursework. Students who are accepted into the Honors program will benefit by engaging in enriched course work in the areas of Social Science, Humanities, Science and Business/Economics. A one unit colloquium is added into a designated Honors course each semester, providing the students the opportunity to integrate and emphasize the knowledge gained in the core courses. Benefits to students accepted into the COS Honors program include, but are not limited to:

3. COS HONORS PROGRAM Small class sizes (25 or less) *Priority Enrollment for ALL classes *Assistance with TAG (transfer agreement) to UC’s or CSU’s *Specialized curriculum geared towards critical thinking and analysis *Participation in student cohorts *Interaction through field trips and schedule socialized events *Interaction with dedicated Honors staff and faculty *The opportunity to graduate with Honors distinction, Honors notation upon their diploma, Honor’s notation upon their transcript, Honors recognition letter, inclusion in CV’s, … Bookstore voucher

4. COS HONORS PROGRAM Requirements include graduation of the upper 10 percent of one’s high school class, a 3.5 GPA in high school classes and completion of the COS Honors program application. (OR) Current COS students must also meet requirements denoted in the application and have at least 6 semester hours of college level courses with a 3.5 GPA in core courses. Successful complete of the Honors application packet For additional information, please contact Cynthia Johnson, Honors Program Director at— cynthiaj@cos.educynthiaj@cos.edu

5. *Note : ENG 1 and Math 230 must be completed prior to the Humanities courses, and/or lower division major prep course/s SPRING 2012 – Social Science II ECON 40H – 4 units (added colloquium) Anderson Anthrop 10 H - 3 units Prochnow PSY 1 H – 3 units Muller Elective Fall 2012 – Social Science SOC 1 H – Introductory to Sociology – 4 units (added colloquium) Basham HIST 17 H – 3 units Natoli POLS 5 H – 3 units Prichett SPRING 2013 – Humanities ENG 4 H – 4 units (added colloquium) Robinson Art 3 H – 3 units Sullivan COMM 1 H – 3 units Johnson Elective Fall 2013 – Science ENG 2 H – 4 units (added colloquium) Staff BIO 20 H - 4 units – Goodbar GEOL 004 H – Earth History- 4 units Hetherington Elective

6. COS HONORS PROGRAM Visit Honors under www.cos.edu (programs and divisions)www.cos.edu