Director: Lee Ann Westman, Ph.D.

The Honors College provides a four-year program including provocative new courses designed for honors students. During the first two years, students experience three honors seminars in a variety of topics from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. Students work with professors who are among the leading experts in their fields. Since many honors seminar topics are selected from proposals submitted by Rutgers faculty, classroom instruction includes information that will appear in tomorrow's textbooks. Many of these professors have won Rutgers' top teaching awards and have published widely in their disciplines. Each year, Rutgers University-Camden honors faculty teach approximately 15 seminars.

The honors seminars involve weekly reading assignments and extensive classroom discussion. Because attendance in each seminar is limited to between 16 and 18 students, students receive more personal attention than is possible in most college courses. Classes often meet in an informal setting where roundtable discussions are held in a comfortable classroom. Written work often takes the form of essays and papers rather than examinations. Honors faculty frequently provide their students with special bibliographies and offer them opportunities for independent study. Recent seminar offerings have included: Dystopian Government, The Right to Vote, Rational and Irrational Minds, Monuments and Memorials, Art and Chemistry: Beautiful Together.  The most prestigious faculty members on campus participate in the program. Most honors seminars satisfy requirements in general education.