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Academics
Degree Offerings and Courses
Students enrolled in The Honors College (THC) are Associate
in Arts degree seeking students. Click here for a list of degrees offered at Miami Dade College.
Students working towards earning the Associate in Arts
degree must complete a minimum number of 60 credits. Of these 60 credits, students in THC are expected to successfully complete at least 36
credits in honors designated courses. Students take an average of seventeen (17) credits
per term of which a recommended requirement of nine (9) honors
designated credits are completed each term. Honors College courses are
only scheduled during the fall and spring terms. An array of
approximately 26 different honors courses are offered on
InterAmerican, Kendall, North, and Wolfson campuses each term.
Students are encouraged to take electives, participate in
study-abroad or internships during the summer terms.
The curriculum in The Honors College is rigorous and challenging.
Students are engaged routinely learning to investigate, analyze, summarize, persist, practice discipline techniques, prioritize their time and seek help when necessary. Students enrolled in The Honors College
upon graduation will demonstrate a mastery of the coursework by having fully comprehended the subject as evidenced by earned grades and the minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5, as well as through the delivery of oral and/or written presentations.
The Honors College students with 36 honors
credits and a 3.5 grade point average or higher are recognized
as graduate of The Honors College with a special notation on the transcript and diploma.
Leadership Classes
Students graduating from The Honors College are expected to serve as leaders in their community.
To enable them
to attain the necessary skills, all students of THC are registered in an interdisciplinary Honors ‘Leadership’ course
each semester. In these classes, IDH
1001, IDH 1002, IDH 2003 and IDH 2004, students learn
various techniques to succeed in college and formulate a
strategic plan for achieving their career goals.
Here is a comment from
a former student about the Leadership classes.
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