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Course module: UCINTHON32
UCINTHON32
Student-designed Honors Seminar
Course info
Course codeUCINTHON32
EC7.5
Course goals
After completing the course, students are able to:
  • generate ideas
  • exercise independent learning
  • work with the principle of self-assessment
  • create and stimulate a learning community within the course
  • provide material and experiences that can be used to filter back to the regular curriculum
  • independently find and review literature on the topic of their choice and derive a set of academically relevant and clearly formulated questions to be explored and researched during the course
  • elaborate these questions into a complete course plan, consisting of a detailed course manual with weekly contents and procedures
  • produce a number of self-chosen assessment pieces that testify to high-level academic quality
  • combine insights from various academic disciplines or fields of study, and derive overarching conclusions from them
Further contents and aims are determined by the students under the advice of the course supervisor. The full course outline is submitted to the Heads of Department for approval in the semester before the course is scheduled to take place.
Content
The content of this course is determined by the students, guided and advised by the course supervisor(s).  Course supervisors are requested by the students in consultation with the course co-ordinator, and change every time the course is offered. There may be one or more topics proposed for the course, and all students in the course, regardless of the topic on which they focus, are required to work together as a multidisciplinary seminar group.
Access to the course involves a selection process. Students are evaluated on the following criteria:
  1. Motivation
  2. Academic performance
  3. Ability to take part in cross-disciplinary work
These criteria are generally assessed via:
  1. Motivation and preparedness
  2. GPA
  3. Breadth of the student's academic program or experience
The following are recommended  guidelines for adequate preparation:
  1. breadth requirement is completed
  2. at least one of the major tracks is completed
  3. relevant methodology courses/lab courses and any core 200 levels are completed
  4. candidates are in their Senior year
  5. GPA is 3.5 or higher
Students who indicate an interest in this course but who do not obviously meet the criteria will be interviewed by the course co-ordinator and the intended supervisor.
 

Format
The course takes the form of a seminar with student-organised lectures, workshops, and presentations. The exact format differs per topic, and the course proceeds as described in the full course outline.
 
 
 
 
 
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