Honors credit in mathematics

Students who endeavor to earn honors credit in mathematics desire a deeper understanding of topics studied in class. They investigate related topics, build a repetoire of skills in these areas, and analyze the relative usefulness and appropriateness of new techniques in comparison to those covered in the core curriculum. Students who earn honors credit are self-motivated, challenge themselves, and consistently turn in work of the highest quality.

In order to earn honors credit, a student must:

• meet the expectations of the core curriculum as outlined in the course syllabus

• maintain a B- or better average in the core curriculum at all times

• demonstrate mastery of the honors material at a level of 80% or higher on assessments

• complete all honors assignments or projects with high quality and on time

If an assignment is on time, shows good faith effort, is of high quality, but does not meet expectations for honors work, I will point out the shortcomings, and students can fix the work and hand it back in by the deadline I give them.

Honors curriculum for Discrete Mathematics

Honors assigments relate specifically to the field which is being covered in class that day, often providing more depth on the general topic or requiring the student to make other connections to the material or demonstrate understanding in a more rigorous fashion than required in the core curriculum. There will be an average of 3 honors assignments each week.  Quizzes covering the honors material will be given with the same frequency as core quizzes, and will generally need to be completed outside of class time. The final exams will contain honors sections.