Overview

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The Robert Donald Clark Honors College is a small, liberal arts college of 600 students. The purpose of the college is to bring together excellent students and selected faculty members in a challenging and supportive academic program. Carefully designed small classes, a collegial environment, and close advising prepare students for advanced study leading to the bachelor of arts (B.A.), bachelor of science (B.S.), or any other bachelor’s degree offered at the university. Reaching beyond professional or specialized training and beyond the university years, Clark Honors College seeks to inspire students to a lifetime of broad intellectual curiosity and continuing self-sustained inquiry and personal growth.

Academic Requirements

Requirements in the honors college substitute for the group requirements that other University of Oregon students must meet for graduation. The honors college integrated core curriculum of humanities, social sciences, and sciences can be combined with any major at the university. Each honors college student selects a major from the academic departments or professional schools of the university. Work in the major begins by the first term of the junior year.
Survey courses taken in the first two years are supplemented with special colloquia and seminars in the junior and senior years. Course enrollments are limited to twenty-five students.
The student’s undergraduate education culminates in an advanced research project in the major field of study. The senior thesis, which results from this work, is presented to an oral examination committee made up of faculty members from the major department and the honors college. In this way, each student is given the opportunity to join the benefits of a liberal arts education with those of professional and specialized learning.
In consultation with advisers, students take full responsibility for understanding and shaping their study programs within the broad context provided by these requirements. This process is itself a significant part of the education offered at the honors college. More about academic requirements

Faculty

Honors college courses are taught by its resident faculty as well as by faculty members from other campus departments. Those who study and teach in the honors college share an openness to new ideas, a commitment to the energetic pursuit of excellence, and a concern for the full, harmonious development of the individual. More about faculty

Students

Honors college students represent interests in all the scholarly disciplines and come from all over the nation and from abroad. They participate in a range of campus and community activities: student and university government and committees; the student newspaper, the Oregon Daily Emerald; University Theatre; Clark Honors College Creative Arts Journal; Clark Honors College Student Association; School of Music productions; forensics (debate and individual events speaking); and intramural and varsity athletics.
Many honors college alumni continue their education in graduate schools around the country and the world. They study such diverse fields as law, architecture, medicine, molecular biology, computer network development, and English language and literature. Other graduates go on to endeavors in such areas as public service, private enterprise, Teach for America, and the Peace Corps. More about students

Facilities

The honors college is located in Chapman Hall on the west side of the University of Oregon campus, close to Knight Library and the UO Bookstore. Honors college facilities consist of a classroom, seminar room, faculty and administrative offices, lounge, kitchen, the Robert D. Clark Library, and the David E. Boyes Computing Laboratory.

Costs

Students in Clark Honors College pay the same tuition and fees as other university students. Due to the higher costs associated with special instruction and smaller classes, however, honors college students are assessed an additional resource fee, payable at the same time as tuition. The honors college awards a number of need-based scholarships, which may cover all or part of the resource fee. More about costs

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