Honors Institute

How to Join Our Honors Community

Honors Institute courses at Foothill College are open access. You do not need to submit a special application to register for an honors class.

Register for an Honors Class

To register for an honors course, you simply need to identify the course, any prerequisites, and then add the course (as you would with non-honors courses) through the Student Registration tile at myportal.fhda.edu.

Why Take Honors Institute Courses

With Foothill honors courses, you'll dive deeper into the course material within a community of scholars who are interested and curious about deep learning.  

Our honors courses provide a rigorous and stimulating learning environment, one in which you'll develop in-depth research skills, join special focus seminars,  and be eligible for transfer scholarship opportunities. 

Plus, you'll have the opportunity to complete the Honors Scholar Program and become eligible for:

• Priority admission consideration if applying to UCLA College of Letters and Science
• Priority admission consideration if applying to UC Irvine Honors Program.

We are one of only a handful of northern California colleges participating in the prestigious UCLA TAP (Transfer Alliance program).

We welcome all students, no matter what your background and experience. Our honors faculty are hear to support your learning and see you grow as an honor scholar.

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Meet Our Honors Faculty

 

Honor Scholars Certificate Program

Once enrolled in an honors course, you are immediately an Honors Scholar and on your way to earning an Honor Scholars Certificate.

The Honors Scholar Certificate Program is designed to provide a rigorous and stimulating learning environment in which you'll develop in-depth research skills. You'll dive deeper into the course material within a community of scholars who are interested and curious about deep learning.

It will help prepare students who intend to transfer and earn their baccalaureate degree, as well as help students develop skills to join the workforce.

Upon completion of the program, you'll earn the Honors Scholar Certificate, which is noted on your official college transcript.

Learn more about Honors Scholar Certificate criteria and benefits, You will also find a list of academic institution transfer agreements exclusive to the Honors Program.

Questions? Contact us via email or give us a call. Add the Honors Canvas Course -- for a more community driven experience with honors.

 

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Is Honors Right for Me?

Honors is right for everyone! 

While there may be some legacy perceptions of honors education as narrow, elitist and exclusive, these new standards present honors as inclusive, innovative, relevant and strategically positioned to advance institutional goals (if not lead some of them). The standards, which emphasize inclusive excellence, holistic admission processes and curricular flexibility, also reflect changes that have already been taking place in honors education, especially over the past decade.

(taken from Insider Higher Ed article 11/16/22)

Please make sure to meet with an honors counselor on a regular basis and submit a counseling report form on a quarterly basis to ensure you are fulfilling the requirements for General Education, your major, and/or participation in an Honors Transfer Program.

 

Universities are looking for a few outstanding students who do more than the minimum. By actively pursuing Honors courses, you’re demonstrating that you are a student willing to challenge yourself and go above the minimum.