Program Overview

Program Overview

The university program is a four-year honors program open to entering freshmen, extending over a student's entire undergraduate career. Honors College courses are generally taught seminar style, with a stress on reading, small group discussion, and writing.

Faculty and Instruction

Faculty Honors College instructors are drawn from university faculty in all academic divisions, but mainly from the traditional disciplines of the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. These teachers share a desire to work closely with intellectually curious, high-achieving students. The honors faculty grows each year as new faculty join the honors project, adding to the Honors College's rich instructional pool of more than 100 regular and full-time faculty.

Honors College Faculty

The Honors College has seven full-time academic faculty members whose responsibilities include:

• Instruction
• Admissions
• Student advising
• Curricular design The faculty members are:
  • Robert M. Bliss, Associate Professor, Dean (Ph.D, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  • Nancy Gleason, Teaching Professor, Associate Dean, and Director of Writing (M.A., University of Missouri-St. Louis)
  • Daniel Gerth, Associate Teaching Professor and Assistant Dean (M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia)
  • Kimberly Baldus, Teaching Professor (Ph.D., Northwestern University)
  • Birgit Noll, Teaching Professor (Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis)
  • Chad Hankinson, Associate Teaching Professor (M.A., University at Buffalo, SUNY)
  • Gerianne Friedline, Assistant Teaching Professor (M.A., University of Missouri-St. Louis)

Student Profile

Honors College students are highly qualified and motivated individuals from a broad range of public and private secondary schools and colleges. They enter the college with diverse backgrounds and interests and remain part of it while simultaneously enrolling in classes and pursuing bachelor's degrees in other academic divisions of the university.

Academic Pursuits

Most honor students major in traditional liberal arts disciplines spanning the humanities, social sciences, mathematics, and natural sciences, but well over a third use their undergraduate education to prepare for careers in:

• Business
• Education
• Nursing
• Engineering Many Honors college students plan to go on to graduate study or professional schools, although a significant number successfully seek employment immediately after graduation.

Support and Guidance

Honors faculty and staff provide advice and guidance in both course choice and career plans, supporting students throughout their undergraduate career.