Director: Allen Woll, Ph.D., Room 298, Paul Robeson Library
The Honors College at Rutgers-Camden provides unique opportunities and
support to its students. Honors College students will find their
academic careers enhanced by personal access to professors, as well as
intellectual and social contact with other outstanding students. They
also will benefit from extensive, individualized advising about
academic programs at Rutgers, graduate or professional school plans,
and major undergraduate and graduate fellowships and scholarships
(e.g., Rhodes, Marshall, Fulbright, Mellon, Goldwater, National Science
Foundation). The honors seminars, which form the core of the program
during the first two years, offer small classes taught by
internationally known faculty who offer an interdisciplinary approach
to subject matter. These seminars help to sharpen the intellectual
skills necessary for personal research projects during the junior and
senior years; these projects provide a significant advantage when
students apply to the nation's most prestigious and competitive
graduate schools.
To graduate with "General Honors" in the
Honors College, a student must achieve a minimum cumulative grade-point
average of 3.0 at the time of graduation, complete junior and
senior projects, and satisfy the requirements of the Honors College.
(Full requirements are explained in the Honors College section in the
Programs, Faculty, and Courses chapter.)
The Honors College at
Rutgers-Camden also supports activities outside the classroom. Films,
guest lecturers, tickets to museum exhibits and cultural events, and
field trips often are included in a course curriculum. Many of our
educational activities also have a social component. Trips to cultural
centers, such as Philadelphia and New York City, include visits to art
museums and historical centers, or perhaps an architectural tour,
followed by a meal at a special restaurant. Tickets to many Rutgers
music, theater, and dance performances also are available to Honors
College students on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition, the
Tweeter Center on the Camden waterfront also has provided tickets for
concert events.
Honors students also have an honors wing
within the residence hall where they can share their ideas and studies
with students who have similar interests. The floors have special study
rooms with computer and network access, as well as a modern seminar
room for guest lectures and discussions. Each year, approximately
one-third of the entering honors students take advantage of this unique
opportunity. Honors students also have exclusive study and meeting
rooms in the Paul Robeson Library on the Rutgers-Camden campus.
While most enter this program as first-year students, limited numbers
of sophomores and transfer students, who have outstanding academic
records, may be admitted to the program as well.
