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Join Our Honors Community

Why Take Honors Institute Courses?

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

Our honors courses provide a rigorous and stimulating learning environment, one in which highly motivated students will have the opportunity to develop in-depth research skills, join special focus seminars, and develop close relationships with Honors professors. 

Honors Institute courses at 海角社区 are open access. You do not need to submit a special application to register for an honors class. You don鈥檛 have to be a high school Honors/AP student to join our Honors program. You just need to have a desire to learn and a willingness to develop the time management skills and discipline to perform at a high level.

The Honors courses can take the place of the traditional course. For example, instead of taking ENGL C1000, you could take ENGL C100H to fulfill the same Written Communication requirement. You don鈥檛 have to take 鈥渆xtra鈥� classes to join the Honors Institute.

Joining the Honors community and finishing the requirements to earn the Distinguished Honors Scholar certificate gives several benefits:  Specialized Counseling with our Honors Counselors. Opportunity to participate in the Honors Research Symposium held every May (previous symposiums have been held at Stanford and UC Berkeley) Special transfer partnerships including: Priority admission consideration to UCLA College of Letters and Science through the UCLA Transfer Alliance Program (TAP). We are one of only a handful of northern California colleges participating in the prestigious UCLA TAP (Transfer Alliance program). Priority admission consideration if applying to UC Irvine Honors Program. Special 鈥淒istinguished Honors Scholar鈥� notation on your transcript Your name in the Graduation Commencement booklet  Honors medal during the Transfer/ Honors end of the year celebration event

Joining the Honors Institute will help prepare you for transfer, earning your baccalaureate degree, as well as developing skills to join the workforce.

How To Get Started

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

We don鈥檛 have entry requirements to join the Honors Institute, all you need to do to join the Institute is enroll in classes, however, to earn all of the benefits listed above, we do have exit requirements. To earn the benefits listed above, you need to complete the Distinguished Honors Scholar requirements.

Honors Counseling Quick Questions Summer Session Drop-In Hours We know specific questions come up regarding classes, admission, and transfer. As a benefit of joining the Honors Institute, you can meet with Fatima, Honors Co-Coordinator. She is available for quick question drop in on these days. Mon, Tue: 2 鈥�3 p.m. in Room 1961 (Honors Office) Wed, Thu: 11:30 a.m. 鈥�12:30 p.m. () Note: When you join the Zoom link virtually, you will be placed in the waiting list. Our co-coordinator, Fatima will admit students into the main zoom room on a first come, first served basis. Please have your student ID number ready and your camera on (preferably). Depending on how many people are in the queue, we will have 10-15 minutes.

Distinguished Honors Certificate Program

Once enrolled in an honors course, you are immediately an Honors Scholar and on your way to earning a Distinguished Honor Scholars Certificate! Make sure to note program deadlines and requirements and meet with a Counselor quarterly to stay on track.

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

Hear our recent Honors transfer students share their experience with the Honors Institute and let them encourage you to Try Honors!

Universities are looking for a few outstanding students who do more than the minimum. By actively pursuing Honors courses and joining the Honors Institute, you鈥檙e demonstrating that you are a student willing to challenge yourself and go above the minimum. Enroll for Fall!