Honors Program
Program Director: John Paden
Contact Information: 804-333-6776 or jpaden@rappahannock.edu
RCC’s Honors Program is designed to provide an enriched academic experience that will enhance a student’s individual development. Through this program, a student will be able to earn special recognition for achievement based on an advanced level of learning. A course in which the student is regularly enrolled may be converted to an Honors-designated course upon the successful completion of a project for that course.
- Participation is voluntary…both for students and faculty.
- Any student who is interested in the Honors Program must submit an Honors Program application to John Paden no later than September 15th.
- The project designed to earn Honors credit for the student in a course must be a mutually agreeable plan. That is, both the student and the instructor must agree on the potential Honors project. The Honors Contract Proposal must be submitted by September 15th.
- An Honors Program student may designate certain courses for Honors credit only if the professor is willing to participate in the Program and in the particular project.
- A student may also choose to earn an Honors diploma at RCC. Once a student successfully completes three Honors courses, two one-credit Honors seminars (offered each semester), and maintains a 3.4 GPA, the college will award an Honors diploma to that student.
