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A living-learning communityStudents live, study,work and play togetherin the living-learningcommunity that is Lincoln Residence Hall.

Living arrangements, along with programsand facilities, are designed to match yourgoals and ambitions – who you are and whoyou hope to become – a unique experiencethat is at the core of the Honors program.

The integrated core will expose you to theknowledge and perspectives of each of themajor disciplines, helping you to choose amajor that fits your interests and to becomebroadly educated. As a member of a living-

learning Community, you’ll have the chanceto really get to know your instructors and develop strong friendships with your fellowstudents. Residents have access to many special resources, programs and activities.

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Leadership Skills

Development of leadership skills is amajor emphasis of theprogram. Skills learnedin UIS honors coursescan be applied via numerous internship opportunities in community agenciesand organizations.

Academic AdvisingFreshmen and sophomores in the Honors program receive academicadvising from Honors faculty and staff centrally located in LincolnResidence Hall. The first semester as a CAP Scholar, students willdevelop their academic success plans with a faculty member.

Faculty in ResidenceLincoln Residence Hall is the focal point for a learning community inwhich students, faculty, and community members come together forenrichment activities. Illinois leaders from the public and privatesectors, representing scientific, artistic, and cultural interests, join withstudents for social and cultural events, workshops, and seminars.

Support StudiosSupplemental instruction is offered for both science and compositioncourses. Writing studio is a community of writing, writers, andwriting support. Students are provided guidance regarding researchtechniques, library resources, development of ideas, writing style andediting, and test support for science.

TutoringOn request, students are partnered outside of class with other CAPScholars in order to supplement learning and provide support inregular course offerings.

MentoringTransition support is provided to incoming freshmen by pairing them with experienced CAP Scholars. Mentors serve as guides fornavigating the new college experience, assist with networking andinvolvement opportunities for new students, and help to establishmeaningful connections between the student and the university.

Collaborative WorkClasses are designed to teach you to think clearly and creatively, tolearn quickly and efficiently, and to understand yourself and yourvalues. CAP students participate in learning teams in many courseassignments, learning not only the assigned material, but how to think interdisciplinarily and participate effectively as a member of a team.

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Honors Curriculum

Introduction to College/HonorsCAP 102This is a two credit hour course designed toprepare students in the Capital ScholarsHonors Program at UIS for University life and Honors level interdisciplinary coursework.It is both knowledge and skill based. You willlearn strategies for academic and personaldevelopment through exercises designed toengage you in the responsibilities of being anew Honors student.

Humanities/Social SciencesSequenceWe have a set of four interdisciplinary courses(called question courses) that you will takeeach semester over your first two years. Eachof these courses count as humanities (1.5hrs.) and social science (1.5 hrs.) credit.These courses are team taught by two or threeprofessors from the humanities and social sciencedisciplines.

CAP 122: Who am I? CAP 123: How do you Know?CAP 225: What is Good?CAP 226: What is Power?

Science SequenceOur non-science majors take our CAPHonors Science courses. Science majors takethe entry level Biology and Chemistry courses.These courses cover two semesters and areteam taught by both Biology and Chemistryfaculty.

CAP 141: Biology and Chemistry of theEnvironment I (BioChem I)

CAP 142: Biology and Chemistry of theEnvironment II (BioChem II)

Composition SequenceYou will take two semesters of EnglishComposition. These courses focus oninterdisciplinary writing and are taken yourfirst two semesters.

CAP 111: Honors Composition

CAP 115: Interdisciplinary Writing. This writing course is “linked” with CAP 123 (see under Humanities/SocialSciences Sequence). This means that thewriting assignments are the same for both courses.

Global IssuesThis course is a theme based course and the themes and instructors will vary eachsemester. This course can be taken any timeafter the first semester. This course is a CAPrequirement but also meets the universityrequirement for global awareness (see ECCE section).

CAP 25x/35x: Global Issues

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Honors Global AwarenessRequirementThis is a 14 – 16 credit hour requirement metby completing CAP25x/35x (ECCE: GlobalIssues) and other courses chosen inconsultation with your CAP Honors advisorand approved by the Director. ModernLanguage (Elementary I & II; Intermediate I& II) or study abroad will fulfill therequirement and spirit of Global Awareness.The Honors program highly recommendsstudents take language courses to fulfill thisrequirement.

Other General Education CoursesThe courses that have “CAP” in front of thecourse number are only offered to our honorsstudents. All other courses you will take willbe general education courses and open tostudents from across campus.

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Two Math Courses (depends on major)Oral Communication

Social Science Course (depends on major)

Major PrerequisitesYour major may also have prerequisites thatyou must complete before your junior year(these will be designated on the advisingguide for your major).

ECCE Requirements

ECCE – 10 Hours CAP Courses That

(Engaged Citizenship Common Experience) Count Towards ECCE

U.S. Communities (3 hrs) Global Awareness (3 hrs) CAP 25x/ 35x: Global Issues

Engagement Experience (3 hrs) CAP 371: Peer Mentoring CAP 361: Peer Tutoring

Speakers Series (1 hr)

Senior Seminar(Senior Year – Fall or Spring Semster)CAP 402: Senior Seminar is a one creditcourse that serves as a culminating experiencefor Capital Scholars Honors students. It willprepare you for the Senior Symposiumpresentation, guide you through preparationof the associated interdisciplinary paper, andallow practice in presentation skills. It willoffer students the opportunity to demonstratehow they have integrated major coursework,Honors interdisciplinary work, generaleducation, and experiential learning.

Engaged Citizenship andCommon Experience (ECCE)In order to graduate from the university, you must complete ten (10) credit hours ofEngaged Citizenship and Common Experience,commonly called ECCE (etch’-ay). A numberof the ECCE requirements are met throughCAP coursework (See table below). Students complete ECCE requirements in at least two of the three ECCE categories:U.S. Communities; Global Awareness;Engagement Experience (per CAP and majorrequirements), in addition to Speaker Series.

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Honors Course Descriptions

CAP 102: Introduction to HonorsThis is a two (2) credit hour course designedto prepare students for University life andHonors level interdisciplinary coursework. Itis both knowledge and skill based. You willlearn strategies for academic and personaldevelopment through exercises designed toengage you in the responsibilities of being anew Honors student. A grade of “C” orbetter is required for remaining in the CAPHonors Program.

CAP 111: Honors CompositionThis is a three (3) credit hour course thatenhances students’ critical thinking and essaywriting skills and ensures that they have theskills to write at college level. Operating as a

“writing lab,” the course includes aconsiderable amount of in-class writing. Agrade of “C” or better is required to progressto CAP 115 and CAP 123 link.

CAP 115: InterdisciplinaryWritingThis is a three (3) credit hour course and the second course in the Honors First YearWriting sequence. You will explore inter-disciplinary and research techniques whileproducing integrative assignments. Majorwriting assignments will evolve from andcomplement the course CAP 123, How DoYou Know? Exploring Human Knowledge.This course is linked with CAP 123. Youmust enroll concurrently in both courses.

CAP 122: Who am I?This is a three (3) credit hour course whichexplores the concepts of self. Major topicsinclude the definition of self in various timesand cultures, the relation of self to others andto society, the definition and presentation ofself at various stages of life, and other factorsaffecting understanding of self, self-development, and community.

CAP 123: How do you Know?This is three (3) credit hour course whichuses current issues, case studies, and directexperience to explore the methods that variousdisciplines in the humanities and social sciencesemploy to justify claims to knowledge. Topicsinclude the reliability of sense perception, the

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influences of culture on science, researchmethods, fallacious arguments, and poetictruth. Course Information: Students mustenroll concurrently in CAP 115.

CAP 141: Biology and Chemistryof the Environment I (BioChemI)This is a four (4) credit hour course whichfocuses on the ways humans interact withand affect the environment. Topics includethe principal characteristics of the living andnon-living components of the environment:atoms, matter, molecular structure, bio-molecules, water, and energy, as well as cellularstructure and organization. Includes lab.

CAP 142: Biology and Chemistryof the Environment II (BioChemII)This is a four (4) credit hour course whichincludes the diversity of living things, the cell cycle, the energy of living systems,ecosystems, and human transformations ofthe environment. Includes lab.

CAP 225: What is Good?This is a three (3) credit hour course whichseeks to illuminate assumptions of “the good”by attempting to uncover those aspects of lifeconsidered to be valuable. Course content isorganized around historical and cross-culturalvalues as they are manifested in politics, eco-nomics, culture, science, art, and spirituality.You will be challenged to examine your ownvalues and will be encouraged to considerways to change dominant culture consistentwith their interpretation of the quality of life.

CAP 226: What is Power? This is a three (3) credit hour course which

explores various contexts of power byanalyzing definitions, concepts, and theoriesof power and identifying who has power andwho lacks it. Major topics will includecomparisons of power in specific periods ofhistory, cross-cultural views of power,political economy, new social movements,and personal power.

CAP 402: Senior Seminar(Senior Year – Fall or Spring Semester)This is a one credit course that will serve as aculminating experience for Capital ScholarsHonors students. It will prepare you for theSenior Symposium presentation, guide youthrough preparation of the associatedinterdisciplinary paper, and allow practice inpresentation skills. It will offer students theopportunity to demonstrate how they haveintegrated major coursework, Honorsinterdisciplinary work, general education,and experiential learning.

CAP 25x/35x: Global IssuesThis is a three (3) credit hour course focusedon interdisciplinary exploration of selectedtopics related to issues that go beyondnational boundaries. Topics will addresssocial, political, economic and environmentalimplications of selected global issues.

Honors Global AwarenessRequirementThis is a 14 – 16 credit hour requirement metby completing CAP25x/35x (ECCE: GlobalIssues) and other courses chosen inconsultation with your CAP Honors advisorand approved by the Director. ModernLanguage (Elementary I & II; Intermediate I& II) and American Sign Language coursesor study abroad will fulfill the requirementand spirit of Global Awareness. The HonorsProgram highly recommends students takelanguage courses to fulfill this requirement.

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Scholarship Opportunities

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All Students admitted to the Capital Scholars Honors

Program receive an Honors Scholarship. The majority of thescholarships are in the range of $5,000 to full-rides annually and are based solely on merit. All Capital Scholars Honors Scholarships are renewable for up to fouryears, and may be supplemented by other forms of financial assistance, includingother scholarships and loans. Please contact the CAP Honors Office for specificscholarship eligibility or review the scholarship chart on the financial aid websitewww.uis.edu/financialaid/scholarships/

CAP Honors awards scholarships beyond the initial award you were offered to enroll in the program. These additionalscholarships are given to students who excel academically,increase their GPA, or wish to study abroad.

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Continuing Student Scholarship Policy

Students whose CGPA is beyond thescholarship level they received on entry willreceive an additional $500 in scholarshipmonies. Students must be in their freshmanor sophomore year to earn this increase andthe monies will only be granted a maximumof two times, a total possible increase of$1,000 per year. Those students who originally enter theHonors program with a scholarship in thehighest category may earn $500 eachsemester (maximum of two) they achieve a4.0. This scholarship is renewable throughthe end of the student’s senior year (120credit hours), as long as students maintainthe CGPA of their original scholarship.

Capital Scholars Study AbroadScholarship

The Honors program will selectively distributescholarships to students in the CAP HonorsProgram who wish to study abroad. Thesescholarships are non-renewable, but studentsmay be selected for multiple years (throughsenior year). To be eligible for thesescholarships, students must have a CGPA inexcess of 3.2, be making progress incompletion of CAP Honors requirements,and maintain full-time status at UIS. Scholarships will be distributed in amountsup to $2,000/year as available. Students mustapply for this scholarship at least one monthprior to their time of travel. Selection willoccur by CAP Honors Program administrationin consultation with the Director of theOffice of International Programs. Thisscholarship is only awarded to studentsparticipating in a program sponsored by UIS.

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Capital Scholars AcademicExcellence Scholarship

The Honors program will distribute scholar-ships to those students who excel in the CapitalScholars Honors Program. These awards arenon-renewable, but students may be selectedfor multiple years (through their senior year). To be eligible for these awards, studentsmust have a UIS cumulative grade pointaverage (CGPA) equal to or greater than 3.8,be strong campus citizens, and maintain afull-time status in the Honors program at UIS.Scholarships (up to amounts of $2,000) willbe distributed based on fund availability andnumber of students performing at the necessaryCGPA-level. Selection will occur at the endof each academic year by CAP Honorsprogram administration, again, pending theavailability of funds. Scholarship monies willbe distributed in the following academic yearthrough the Office of 0Financial Assistance.

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The CAP Honors Program brings together intellectually strong students with talented, dedicated faculty to create a unique academicenvironment within the greater UIS community.

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