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The Honors Tutorial College offers 26 challenging programs of study Honors Tutorial that provide a unique undergraduate educational experience to a select number of qualified students. College Students admitted to the College undertake a substantial portion of the core in their respective disciplines through a series of tutorials. A tutorial consists of a full-time faculty member meeting with http://www.ohio.edu/honors/ students either singly or in small seminars. In pursuing this method of instruction the College draws upon the rich educational traditions 35 Park Place of British such as Cambridge and Oxford. Although other and universities have adopted some aspects of the tutorial model, Ohio remains the only institution in the with a degree-granting college incorporating all the essential features C. Ann Fidler of a tutorial-based . The success of the College’s approach to Dean undergraduate education is evident in its distinguished 33-year history Jan Hodson and the impressive achievements of its alumni. Assistant Dean

Goals, Resources, and exchanges of thoughts, questions, Expectations of the College and possibilities—not lectures. There are no back row seats in a tutorial. Through flexibility, mentoring, At every tutorial, students are called and abundant academic resources, upon to participate in an intellectual the Honors Tutorial College aims exchange in which quality is measured to give high-ability students by thoughtful mastery of the subject every opportunity to further their under consideration. intellectual development. College In addition to being comfortable with requirements are kept to a minimum the expectations of the tutorial mode in order to allow students to explore of instruction, students must also a range of disciplines, engage in consider other characteristics of the substantial creative and/or research College. These include participation of work, acquire a high degree of all Honors Tutorial College freshmen proficiency in a particular subject in a seminar held in fall quarter and matter, and participate in meaningful an expectation that membership in extracurricular activities. Tutorials the College brings with it community allow individuals to work closely service obligations. The seminar and with accomplished scholars who take community service work play a critical particular pride in helping Honors role in establishing camaraderie Tutorial College students fulfill their between students and maintaining a current and future ambitions. This vibrant, active community of young special combination of freedom and scholars. guidance, which is one of the hallmarks of the College, is enhanced by the number of exclusive academic resources Honors Tutorial College made available to its students. These include priority registration, special Programs of Study residence hall availability, enhanced Through formal arrangements with library privileges, research support, various academic departments in the eligibility to undertake graduate work, University, the Honors Tutorial College unique education abroad opportunities, offers majors in: and scholarship availability. Anthropology A tutorial-based curriculum requires Astrophysics highly developed academic abilities, but Biological Sciences it also necessitates motivation, maturity, Business focus, energy, and a combination Chemistry of self-confidence and humility. To Classics succeed in the Honors Tutorial College, a student must recognize that she Communication Studies or he bears the responsibility for Computer Science understanding each week’s tutorial Dance material. All tutorials are dialogues— Physics 210 Honors Tutorial College

English also require the completion of a Housing Privileges Environmental and Plant Biology project. Detailed descriptions Film of the academic expectations for each If you are admitted to the Honors French program of study can be found on Tutorial College, you will be eligible Hearing, Speech and Language Sciences the College Web site or obtained by to live in Hoover House, or the Read/ contacting the College by mail History Johnson Scholars Complex. Both or e-mail. housing options provide environments Journalism conducive to students who must master Mathematics the academic challenges of Honors Philosophy Degree Requirements Tutorial College programs of study. The Physics College provides detailed information To earn a bachelor’s degree in the Political Science discussing the specific characteristics of Honors Tutorial College, you must fulfill Social Work each dormitory to students who have all the academic requirements Sociology/Sociology Criminology been offered admission. of your program of study, maintain Spanish a 3.5 g.p.a. in the courses that are Telecommunications required by your program of study, Theater have at least a 3.3 overall gradepoint Admission and Application Only these disciplines are available average (g.p.a.), and satisfy the Because of the nature of its core as programs of study at the present University’s English composition curriculum, the Honors Tutorial College time. requirement. You must also participate must restrict the numbers of students in a freshman seminar and a that it can accept each year. As a Detailed descriptions of programs of community service project. result, the admissions climate is highly study can be obtained by contacting: competitive. A variety of elements The Honors Tutorial College does not play a role in admissions decisions. mandate a fixed hour or residency Honors Tutorial College For complete application information, requirement or a specific course Ohio University please see the College’s Web site: distribution (except as required by 35 Park Place http://www.ohio.edu/honors/. Athens OH 45701-2979 individual programs of study). To earn Telephone 740.593.2723 a second bachelor’s degree in another The application deadline is December Fax 740.593.9521 college at Ohio University, you also 15th. must complete all the requirements E-mail [email protected] Decisions about which students will established by the second college. http://www.ohio.edu/honors/ be invited to campus for a personal Degrees conferred by the College interview are made after two rounds include the of file review. These interviews, Administration and Content in (major), in held in January of the year that an of Programs of Study Journalism, Bachelor of Science in applicant wishes to enter the College, Communication in (major), Bachelor are a required part of the admission Programs of study are administered by of Arts in (major), Bachelor of Science process. After all of the interviews are a full-time faculty member appointed in (major), and Bachelor of Business conducted, a determination will be by the College. These , known Administration. made about which applicants are to be as Directors of Studies, act as academic offered admission. Individuals who are advisors, work with their colleagues to invited to join the College must accept arrange tutorials, conduct admission Placement of Graduates or decline admission by May 1st. interviews, and coordinate other aspects of their particular programs of The Honors Tutorial College has study. earned a reputation for graduate and professional school placement. To date, Education Abroad Although Directors of Studies assist most students wishing to continue For information about education students in selecting the proper courses their have been placed abroad opportunities, refer to each quarter, students are responsible in noted master’s programs, doctoral “Office of Education Abroad” in for seeing that all requirements are programs, law schools, and medical the “University-Wide Academic met. schools. Other graduates have readily Opportunities” section. Each program of study has its own set found employment in fields related to of specific academic goals. All programs their undergraduate work, particularly involve tutorials, but some also ask in journalism, theater, hearing and Office of Nationally students to complete a sequence of speech, and business. The small size Competitive Awards (ONCA) collateral studies, to participate in a of the College and the nature of the seminar or a lecture series, to pass a curriculum allows faculty and the For information about ONCA, refer set of comprehensive examinations, administrators of the College to be of to the “University-Wide Academic or to undertake laboratory, field, or maximum assistance in career planning Opportunities” section. studio work. All programs of study and applications.