D I G I T A L P A C K A G E C O N T E N T S Honors Student Profile Infographic 1. CAPS Faculty Guide 2. Course Prefix and Suffix Changes Info 3. Course Proposal Guidelines 4. H-Course Proposal Guidelines 5. Course Grant Information 6. Travel Study Course Timeline 7. Open Classroom Flyer 8. USS Promotion Flyer 9. LEC Conference Flyer 10. International Journeys Flyer 11. Wear Honors Wednesday Flyer 12. Social Media Flyer 13. Zoom Backgrounds 14.
225 New Students
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620 Total Honors Students for Fall
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15 Thesis Students
486 Students enrolled in honors courses
41 Honors sections available this fall
31 Faculty teaching honors
Who is CAPS?
• The Center for Academic and Professional Success is the central office for academic and career advising serving most undergraduate students. It also houses the Office of Student Employment and the Enrollment and Retention team.
Where is CAPS located?
• Horvitz Administration Building
• Telephone: 954-262-7990
• Email: caps@nova.edu
Course Guidelines for Faculty
General Information
• Encourage students to contact their career and academic advisor with questions regarding curriculum, degree requirements, academic policy and procedures, or registration.
• Closed courses - Instructors receiving requests for course enrollment overrides should refer students to their advisors. The decision to add a student to a closed course belongs to the department chair
• Monitor your class list in SharkLink for up-to-date enrollment information. Here, you will be able to see a list of the students currently enrolled in your class. If a student does not appear on this list, the student is NOT enrolled for the class and should be referred to their advisor. Students who drop the class will disappear from the class list. You will not be able to enter a grade for students who have withdrawn.
Student Support
• Roster Reconciliation - The President’s Office has issued a mandatory directive that all faculty members are required to comply with the Roster Reconciliation Policy. You need to monitor attendance over the first two weeks of class and report students who have not attended. You will receive a communication from the University Registrar providing instructions and deadlines
• If you need to request the reinstatement of a student who you initially reported as not in attendance via the Roster Reconciliation process, via the Roster Reconciliation Reinstatement Form Instructors should not email the Registrar’s office (rostrec email) with reinstatement requests, as email requests will not be accepted or processed.
• Additional information on completing the Roster Reconciliation Reinstatement Form (step-by-step instructions) is available on the Financial Aid and Academic Records (FAAR) CommunityNet’s Registrar page (scroll down to Roster Reconciliation section.)
• Note that when you complete the process and submit the roster, you will receive a confirmation email. Any students that you reported as not attending will be listed in this
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email. In addition, students are contacted via NSU email at the same time you receive your confirmation and they are given 2 business days in which to contact you, the professor, to resolve the matter at which point you would email rostrec@nova.edu to indicate that the student has communicated with you and will be participating in the course Since the student was reported as not attending by you, only you can request that the student be left in your class. If no changes are made, the students who you indicated as not attending will be notified a second time and then they will dropped from your class.
▪ “Drop” vs. “Withdraw” - Drop and Withdraw are two very different registration actions. Each has a distinct impact on the student. Please do not use these terms interchangeably. Please remember to refer students to their advisor if they wish to add, drop, or withdraw from a course. Advisors will help students to understand the full implications of the registration choices they make.
▪ Drop/Add Period
The first three weeks of each term are the drop/add period. For refund policies related to courses dropped, students should refer to the Academic Calendar: (http://www.nova.edu/registrar/academic-calendars/index.html). Please note, dropping courses below full time may reduce or eliminate scholarships, and institutional, federal, or other financial aid.
▪ Withdrawal
After a semester or term’s drop/add period, students may withdraw from a course with no financial refund or credit. For exact dates, students should refer to the Academic Calendar: (University Registrar - Academic Calendars for Undergraduate Students (nova.edu)).
• Faculty are encouraged to take attendance to comply with federal financial aid regulations. Faculty must report the last date of attendance on the grade roster in Webstar for any student who has stopped attending. Educational activity includes physical attendance, and academic attendance for online classes such as engaging in an online discussion or asking the instructor a course-related question, the submission of assignments or examinations, etc. The midpoint of the term will be used when the instructor enters hours attended greater than zero but does not provide a last day of attendance.
▪ Grading and Last Date of Attendance -Faculty are required to enter final grades directly into the Banner system through SharkLink. This will allow you to view a list of your courses. You will only see those courses for which you are the “Instructor of Record”. To enter final grades, click on the course; this will bring you to a class roster where you can enter the students’ final grades.
▪ Incomplete Grades – An incomplete grade is awarded only in unusual circumstances and requires a contract between the student and the faculty, approved by the college leadership.
• Navigate is a web-based student performance monitoring system that provides automated student services and communication between faculty, students, and support staff. The Navigate system allows faculty, advisors, and campus support staff to pinpoint at-risk students early in the semester and provide intervention services when students need it most, improving retention and reducing attrition.
▪ Progress Reports - At specific points during each semester, undergraduate faculty will receive an email from the Center for Academic and Professional Success (CAPS) titled Student Feedback Request. The email invites faculty, for a period of one week, to review their student course roster in order to provide feedback on student performance in the form of a progress report. A progress report allows you to identify students as being academically at-risk by selecting alert reasons. The selected alert reason is then sent via e-mail to the student.
▪ Alerts - In addition to the routinely scheduled progress reports, faculty or staff can create an ad-hoc alert at any time. Unlike progress reports, these alerts do not go directly to the student and are received by members of the CAPS team for response.
• TTC offers individualized tutoring in more than 40 subject areas. TTC promotes active, independent learning that seeks to assist students in developing critical thinking skills. The office’s professional staff uses a student-centered holistic approach, which considers the “whole student” when discussing academic success strategies.
• The NSU Center for Student Counseling Services and Well-Being by Henderson Behavioral Health (CSCW) offers student counseling services to the student body of Nova Southeastern University to help them maximize their best self academically, personally and professionally. NSU’s clinical partner is Henderson Behavioral Health, a leader in behavioral healthcare providing comprehensive, recovery-focused services and is accredited at the highest level for Student Counseling Services by the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
• Services provided at the CSCW range from stress management and coping strategies to psychiatric assessment and crisis intervention. The center provides the student with
assessment, counseling, consultation, psychiatric services, wellness and recovery education, and when needed case management services and linkage or referral. In addition, the Center for Student Counseling and Well Being by Henderson Behavioral Health provides various outreach programs and support groups on such topics as stress management, transitions to college and grad school, as well as coping with oneself and others.
➢ Student Disability Services
• Student Disability Services provides information and individualized accommodations for students with identified disabilities. Only this office can provide faculty with a letter detailing approved accommodations.
• The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student educational records. This law stipulates that academic information about a student cannot be shared with others, including the student’s parents, without the student’s written consent. For more information about FERPA, please visit: http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html
A few of our favorite Honors courses are changing prefixes
What does this mean? This doesn’t influence the content or any aspects of the course other than how we refer to it and look it up. See below for a list of old prefixes and what their new prefixes will be!
Course Title
Science
Science in the News
The Physiology of Stress
Epidemics: Germs and Their Power over Humanity
1000T
1010F
2020H
1000T
1010F
2020H
Overview:
Undergraduate Honors courses bring motivated students and enthusiastic faculty together, creating a distinct and exciting classroom community. Honors courses are often distinguished by creative instructional methodology, multidisciplinary approaches, in addition to faculty expertise. Faculty from all colleges are encouraged to consider teaching an existing Honors course and/or proposing a course in their area of expertise.
Faculty affiliated with the Honors College share an interest in the growth and development of high performing undergraduate students and the impact in the broader community. Faculty teaching seminars may also be invited to lead Honors College events, forums, and lectures.
Honors college affiliation is only offered to full-time NSU faculty in order to maximize the stability of the faculty-student mentorship experience.
Proposal Process:
The Farquhar Honors College invites proposals for honors courses. Proposals may be submitted at any time. Please note that curriculum review may include both the home college review (to ensure that the course is not duplicative) and review by the Honors College. Further, it may take over a year for an approved course to be offered. The Honors College strives to respond to student topical interests and confirm that courses remain current and relevant.
It is helpful when faculty have consulted with department chairs and college leadership when contemplating a proposed honors course. Approval to teach an honors course requires endorsement from both the home department and the Dean of the Honors College. Teaching load and (possible) overload payment is determined by the home department. Many honors courses are taught on a regular frequency schedule. Adjustments are made based on student interest, faculty preferences, and course needs. As noted, new courses are considered by the appropriate faculty curriculum review processes – often involving both the Honors College and the home department/college.
Funding:
Tuition revenue from ‘HONR’ courses will be directed to the department of the faculty member(s) teaching the course. ‘H’ version course revenue remains directed to the department hosting the course prefix.
Criteria:
Faculty (including academic leadership) are invited to submit honors course proposals and teach existing honors courses.
Honors seminars and courses are normally capped at 15 students. Reading Seminars are capped at 8 students. Minimum class size is determined jointly by the home academic department and the Honors College.
Team teaching is valued – especially across disciplines.
Faculty are encouraged to develop undergraduate honors courses in the following domains:
• Honors versions of existing courses that satisfy general education requirements or broadly accessible major requirements.
• Honors seminars highlighting specific domains of student interest and faculty expertise. HONR courses may also support the learning outcomes supporting general education requirements (subject to academic review).
• Core major courses that are designed to offer additional depth, challenge, engagement, and critical reflection.
The Honors College may request a supplemental course assessment. Faculty may be asked to contribute course artifacts for peer review.
Proposal Process:
To propose a course, please complete and submit the form below along with your CV and a sample syllabus to the dean of the Honors College. All course proposals are reviewed by the Honors College’s Faculty Coordinating Committee.
HONR courses are offered at the 1000/2000 level and generally do not carry prerequisites to allow maximum access for honors students. Course proposals may indicate requests/rationale for exception to this guideline. Although course proposals may be submitted to the dean of the Honors College at any time, for a course to be offered in the following academic year, if approved, the proposal should ideally be submitted by October 1st
Please note that you must consult with your department chair and appropriate college leadership (college dean or appointed designee) before submitting this application to confirm their endorsement of the course.
1. Name:
2. Department:
3. College: 4. Phone and email:
5. Proposed title of course:
6. Suggested NSU general education domain of course:
7. Honors College pillar with which the course aligns (inquiry, innovation, creativity, global awareness, art and culture, and ethics—see below):
8. Proposed credit load:
9. Proposed meeting schedule of course (part of semester and frequency per week):
10. Statement of what distinguishes this course as an ‘honors’ course:
11. Statement of why proposer is qualified to teach this course:
12. Proposer’s instructor bio:
13. Have you confirmed endorsement of your department chair?
INQUIRY
Students in the NSU Farquhar Honors College demonstrate skills in scholarship and research necessary to succeed in graduate or professional school and/or the workforce.
• Students apply the principles of conducting academic scholarship and research.
• Students conduct logical analysis and synthesis of information.
• Students communicate research and scholarship results fluently both orally and in writing.
INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
Students in the NSU Farquhar Honors College recognize and apply multiple disciplinary approaches to analyzing and solving problems.
• Students utilize ideas, methods, and knowledge drawn from multiple disciplines applied to a specific question.
• Students make connections among issues, ideas, and methods learned inside and outside the classroom.
GLOBAL AWARENESS AND SENSITIVITY
Students in the NSU Farquhar Honors College engage and discuss international issues and cultures from around the world.
• Students demonstrate knowledge of and provide comprehensive analyses of local, national, international, and intercultural issues, trends, and systems.
• Students engage in local, national, international, and intercultural problem solving.
ART AND CULTURE
Students in the NSU Farquhar Honors College analyze and appreciate cultural artifacts.
• Students articulate the importance of culture.
• Students demonstrate integrated knowledge and appreciation of the arts in their exploration of important questions and issues.
ETHICS AND ENGAGEMENT
Students in the NSU Farquhar Honors College demonstrate a commitment to ethical principles through engagement in the community.
• Students demonstrate an awareness and application of ethical principles.
• Students contribute to successful group and team endeavors including leadership roles in the classroom, campus organization(s), and the larger community.
• Students make meaningful contributions through participation in activities and organizations.
Contact: Andrea Nevins, Dean Farquhar Honors College 954-262-8208; andrshaw@nova.edu
Farquhar Honors College Course Proposal Information & Guidelines: “H” Courses
Overview:
Undergraduate Honors courses bring motivated students and enthusiastic faculty together, creating a distinct and exciting classroom community. Honors courses are often distinguished by creative instructional methodology, multidisciplinary approaches, in addition to faculty expertise. Faculty from all colleges are encouraged to consider teaching an existing Honors course and/or proposing a course in their area of expertise. Faculty affiliated with the Honors College share an interest in the growth and development of high- performing undergraduate students and the impact in the broader community. Faculty teaching Honors courses may also be invited to lead Honors College events, forums, and lectures.
The Farquhar Honors College invites proposals for honors versions of existing courses, called “H” courses. Examples of existing courses that fall under this category are COMP 1500H College Writing Honors, MATH 2020H Applied Statistics Honors, and PSYC 2160H Social Psychology Honors. “H” courses fulfill the same learning outcomes as non-“H” versions, but approach the course material in ways that promote creativity, collaboration, and innovative thinking.
When contemplating the creation (and future frequency rotation) of an “H” version of a course, it is necessary for faculty to consult with department chairs, since the existence and offering of these courses may impact enrollment within departments.
Funding:
“H” course revenue is directed to the department hosting the course prefix. Teaching load and (possible) overload payment is determined by the home department.
Criteria:
“H” courses are meant to fulfill the same general education and/or major/minor requirements as the non“H” versions of these courses. Therefore, course description and learning outcomes for an “H” version and a non-“H” version of a course should be identical. However, the “H” version might utilize alternative course materials, readings, and assignments in order to promote the aforementioned innovative learning “H” courses are generally 1000/2000-level courses that satisfy general education or foundational academic program requirements and that enroll enough students to run multiple sections Occasionally, an upper-level course may be considered for an “H” version if the home department believes that the enrollments of the non-“H” version would support such an addition. Prerequisites for “H” courses should be identical to their non-“H” counterparts, and include “H” version courses where applicable. For instance, the prerequisite for COMP 2000 Advanced College Writing Honors is COMP 1500 or COMP 1500H.
Honors courses are normally capped at 15 students. Minimum class size is determined jointly by the home academic department and the Honors College.
Course Assessment:
The Honors College may request a supplemental course assessment. Faculty may be asked to contribute course artifacts for peer review.
Proposal Process:
To propose a course, please complete and submit the form below along with your CV and a sample syllabus to the dean of the Honors College Please note that curriculum review may include both the home college review and review by the Honors College. All course proposals are reviewed by the Honors College’s Faculty Coordinating Committee.
Although course proposals may be submitted to the dean of the Honors College at any time, for a course to be offered in the following academic year, if approved, the proposal should ideally be submitted by October 1st.
Please note that you must consult with your department chair and appropriate college leadership (college dean or appointed designee) before submitting this application to confirm their endorsement of the course.
1. Name:
2. Department:
3. College:
4. Phone and email:
5. Prefix, number, title, and credit amount of course proposed as an “H” version:
6. Proposed meeting schedule of course (part of semester and frequency per week):
7. Statement of what distinguishes the “H” version of this course from the non-“H” version as an “Honors” course:
8. Experience of proposer teaching the non-“H” version of the course:
9. Proposer’s instructor bio:
10. Have you confirmed endorsement of your department chair?
Contact:
Andrea Nevins, Dean Farquhar Honors College
954-262-8208; andrshaw@nova.edu
The college is happy to support honors courses via a course grant based on available funds To apply, please complete this form: https://formsofficecom/r/DVm863RmVc
You will need the following information:
The amount you are requesting and a short budget that indicates a breakdown of precisely how the funds will be spent
A brief narrative describing how you will use the funds
An explanation of how the funds will enhance the course and how you can still successfully teach the course if funds are not available
Please provide your petition as soon as possible as funds are limited.
Faculty should confirm dates of travel, maximum number of students, general description of activities, and any faculty leading the trip
Faculty submits updated FAQ sheet in June
Faculty submits updated application in July
Honors staff formats documents
Honors staff configures student payment platform
Deadline for application and initial deposit is after Winter reg. is fully open for a week
Faculty fills out a Travel Pass through International Affairs after list of travelers is confirmed
Complete International SOS registration
Honors staff and faculty work together to confirm flight times, hotel preferences and any attractions/activities that can be prepaid or require a deposit
Honors staff finalizes travel insurance
Deadline for final deposit and proof of valid passport and Visas for international students
Faculty and students embark
Faculty should submit all receipts for reimbursement within 30 days of travel
Expand your perspective with these upcoming discu featuring experts in the field. Free and open to the pu Hosted in the Alvin Sherman Library’s Cotilla Gallery Register Now
Whose Story To Tell?: Questions of Erasure in “Oppenheimer” and Rec
Yair Solan, Ph D - Assistant Professor, Depa Humanities and Politics, Halmos College of SEPT 24
12:30 - 1:30 pm
OCT 1
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OCT 15 12:30 - 1:30 pm
The Challenges and Conflicts of Im and Transnationalism in Florida
Ismael Muvingi, Ph.D. - Professor, Departme Resolution Studies, Halmos College of Arts
The Most Important Election of Ou Presidential Election and America’
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Science Denial – From Darwin and Evolution to Climate Change NOW
Jeffrey Matthew Hoch, Ph D - Professor, Dep Environmental Sciences, Halmos College of NOV 11 12- 1 pm
Nursing: A Global Profession
Chitra Paul Victor, Ph D , M S N , M D (A M ), R N , R M , C N EDepartment Chair Undergraduate Programs, Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing NOV 19 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Hosted by the Farquhar Honors College, the USS is an opportunity for students to showcase their scholarly work in a professional capacity Projects from all disciplines are welcome, but must adhere to one of our project categories: Poster Presentations, Oral Presentations*, Films, Multimedia Presentations*, and Research Reels*.
*Denotes new or expanded categories
Students can translate a variety of projects into one of the USS categories, such as:
Research or creative papers
Class presentations
Senior Capstone projects
Independent Study work
Marketing plans
Court case evaluations
Students who present at the USS realize the value of their work beyond the classroom and take pride in this resumeboosting achievement. Help students recognize the potential of their work by encouraging their submission to the USS and serving as their faculty sponsor!
Synthesized data and/or insights from class activities, internships, student-run businesses, and field experiences
Other projects you think are suitable!
To celebrate our 2024-2025 honors theme, we want to hear what your dream international journey is and why! Scan the QR Code below to share your dream destination on our interactive bulletin board.
The honors theme will influence honors events, workshops, reading seminars, and merch for the year.
Encourageallstudentsinyourhonorsclasstoweartheir honorsshirtonWednesdays
1. Takeaclassgroupphotoofeveryonewearingtheirhonors shirtonaWednesday(everyonemustparticipatetobe eligible)andsendittoandrshaw@nova.edu.Ifyourhonors classdoesn’tmeetonWednesdays,youmaysetupatime tomeettotakethephoto.
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2. Haveyourclasschoosebetweenaprize*of1)aclasspizza party2)aclassicecreampartyor3)exclusiveWearHonors Wednesdaytie-dyeshirts.
*Each class may only participate for a max of two prizes per semester
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