BCAcademicCatalog2016

knowledge culminating in a significant research project in any area of your interest. • join in an interdisciplinary senior seminar highlighting the landscape of your intellectual odyssey

• travel to Washington, D.C. and other urban areas • attend regional and national Honors conferences Scholarships are available to all Honors students.

ADMISSION TO PROGRAM Incoming Freshman: ACT score of 25 or SAT score of 1100 or eligibility for Presidents Scholarship. Submission of the Bluefield College Honors Program application. REQUIREMENTS Six Honors General Education courses: chosen from English, Social Science History, Communications, Fine Arts, Christian Studies, Natural Science (w/ lab), and Health: 18 Hours (or 19 w/ lab science) HON 3013 Honors Junior Seminar 3 Hours: In-depth interdisciplinary investigation of issues in students’ majors culminating in a term project of the students’ design. HON 4011 Honors Senior Seminar 1 Hour: Joint discussion of a central concept that links students’ intellectual odysseys. HONORS PROGRAM SCHEDULE • Students will be advised to follow the honors schedule in choosing particular general education courses. Ideally these six courses would be taken during the students’ freshman and sophomore years. They will be allowed to complete these requirements by the end of their senior year. • It is recommended students take two Honors courses their first semester. • Enrollment in these courses is limited to participants in the Bluefield College Honors Program and students who have received instructor’s permission. Schedule for Fall 2016: HON 1123 English Honors: Literature of The Journey and The Quest . This writing intensive literature course will meet individual students’ needs for general education Composition or Literature requirement. PSY 4503 Honors Introduction to Psychology HUMAN SERVICES - Online Program (HUM) The Human Services major addresses behavioral issues found in the home, work- place, and in the community that influence well-being by examining human behavior as a product of relationships,mental processes, and environmental variables. Emphasis is placed upon the helping relationship and service networks, team partnerships, evidence-based practice, best practices, and the ethical basis for providing human services. This major examines the following: What motivates individuals, how individuals, couples and families react to stress, what can be done to help people who seek assistance from organizations, and how human service professionals go about helping people to

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