Our expectations for the Honors College student stem from our philosophy and our desire to assist the Honors College student in achieving his/her individual goals. General expectations we have include the following:
- Fulfilling (or exceeding) the requirements for Honors College membership and graduation
- Demonstrating maturity and behavior appropriate for an Honors College student
- Taking responsibility for your educational success, personal success, and for your actions, including seeking help for problems sooner than later
- Exhibition of appropriate behavior
- Effective critical thinking, as demonstrated by effectively conceptualizing, applying, synthesizing, and evaluating information
- Effective oral and written communication that incorporates clarity, accuracy, precision and relevance. Students will demonstrate an ability to think and read critically, to undertake scholarly research, and to write clear, coherent, well-organized essays with a clearly discernible structure and argument both within and outside their discipline
- Effective multi-disciplinary thinking within the science, mathematical, history, anthropological, economic, moral, and philosophical domains
- Effective basic and applied research skills appropriate to the student's major area of study
- Successful academic achievement across multiple disciplines as measured by a 2-year General Education Final Examination
The advantages and benefits you can expect from the Honors College are numerous and we expect you will exhibit the intellectual curiosity, as well as commitment to academic excellence, that distinguishes the better student. We also expect you will exhibit maturity, good judgment, and a sense of responsibility in your interactions with people and property, both on and off campus. Failure to do this could mean separation from the Honors College, in addition to any other disciplinary action Daytona State College might take.
If the Honors College receives information indicating one of its students may have behaved in an inappropriate way, the student may be asked to meet with a member of the Honors College staff to discuss the situation. Inappropriate behavior is any behavior that is characteristic of the following:
- Behavior that has a negative impact, or has the reasonable potential to negatively impact, the College, the Honors College or its members
- Behavior that constitutes a violation of the law of College policy
Any student who is found guilty of exhibiting inappropriate behavior may be subject to loss or restriction of Honors College rights and privileges, or be separated from the Honors College. A student will have the opportunity to meet with the Chair of the Honors College before final action is taken.
In summary, we expect that Honors College students have the ability to exercise good decision-making practices and to be mindful of the corresponding responsibilities that accompany the benefits of being members of the Honors College. The vast majority of Honors College students are successful both in and out of the classroom because they use good judgment in making their decisions, including considering the consequences of decisions before acting upon them.
