Honors Study

County College of Morris offers both full- and part-time students the opportunity to take Honors or Honors Option courses, and/or earn Honors designation on their transcript. Honors and Honors Option courses are designed to help exemplary students develop their special talents and enjoy an intensive and stimulating learning atmosphere. Honors classes offer smaller class sizes in which all students enrolled are Honors students, while Honors Option offers those who excel in the core courses of their major or specific subjects an opportunity to achieve a higher level of competence in a regular section of a class. In addition to the standard assignments, students will complete an Honors project that relates to the course objectives, and they work closely with the professor to complete the assignment. Those who qualify may take as many Honors courses as desired. Please note that the courses offered vary per semester.

Honors study provides exceptional students with unique study and learning opportunities to prepare them for highly specialized fields of work or transfer to the best colleges and universities in the United States. Honors students meet regularly with the Honors co-directors and become part of a small community of scholars engaged in sophisticated levels of inquiry. Special recognition of Honors study is indicated on student transcripts and at graduation. To earn Honors designation on their transcript, students enrolled in Associate in Applied Science programs must complete 16 credits of Honors courses. Students enrolled in Associate in Arts, Associate in Fine Arts, and Associate in Science programs must complete 18 credits.

Students can qualify for Honors directly from high school or while enrolled at the college. Admission from high school requires an SAT score of at least 1240 or ACT 26. Currently enrolled students at the college must have a 3.3 or higher GPA or the recommendation of a professor for admission to a specific Honors course and formal permission of the Honors co-directors. Any student who does not fulfill these requirements but still wishes to take honors courses should speak with the honors co-directors.

For complete details about Honors please contact Professor Iden at 973-328-5649 Email: miden@ccm.edu or Professor Gigliotti at 973-328-5370 Email: sgigliotti@ccm.edu.