CATEGORY OF STUDENT:	ASSESSMENT	CRITERIA/SCORE:
New College Students	HS GPA	3.5 (unweighted)
	ACT	24
	SAT	1150 (prior to March 2016) / 820 (after March 2016)
	PERT	125 in all sections
	GED	170 in all sections
*Students must meet only ONE of these criterion.
Current Students (Including Dual Enrollment and Transfer)	Completed 12 college credit hours & Cumulative GPA	3.5 (unweighted)

*We encourage students to join the Robinson Honors Program during the first year. Students further in their college career may still join, but they may have a difficult time completing the required Honors courses before graduation.

For consideration for the Robinson Honors Program, download and complete the application below then submit it to:

Amber Carey
Robinson Honors Program Coordinator
honorsprogram@pensacolastate.edu

 

Download the application here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BENEFITS:

•  Specialized Honors advising
• One-on-one mentoring from Honors faculty
• Exclusive use of the Robinson Honors Room in the  library, a place for Honors students to study and collaborate on campus
• Study abroad opportunities and travel scholarships
• Interdisciplinary approach that will help you achieve a greater understanding of all your courses
• Competitive edge for scholarships
• Leadership development and career planning skills
• Academically gifted peers and faculty that challenge you to reach your maximum potential
• Robinson Scholar designation on official transcript
• Notation on official transcript of Honors credit earned for each course
• Robinson Honors Program graduates will receive the program graduation designation on their transcript

 

PURSUE YOUR PASSION. FIND YOUR PLACE.

Honors components:

Honors Components and Course Offerings (tentative):

You may register for any ONE of the following courses, then request from the Honors Program Coordinator to take it the accompanying Honors component for that semester. Students may only receive the Honors component Honors credit for one course.

The Interdisciplinary Honors Component is offered every semester, including summer, and is designed to work with most general education humanities, literature, business, and social science courses. It is designed to help fulfill the need of students to complete three Honors courses when they cannot take the Honors components offered that semester.

 

Fall Semester Curriculum Offerings:

Humanities Honors Component (ONE of the following):

ARH 2000 Humanities Art (For Non-Art Majors)

HUM 2020 Intro. to Humanities

 

Earth and Environmental Sciences Honors Component (ONE of the following):

CHM 1045 General Chemistry I

EVR 2001 Intro. to Environmental Science

ESC 1000 Earth Science

 

American Literature Honors Component (ONE of the following):

AML 2010 American Literature to 1870

AML 2020 American Literature from 1870

AML 2600 Intro. to African-American Literature

LIT 2090 Contemporary Literature

 

Spring Semester Curriculum Offerings:

Biology Honors Component (ONE of the following):

BSC 1005 Introduction to Biology

BSC 1010 Principles of Biology

 

American History and Government Honors Component (ONE of the following):

AMH 2020 American History from 1877

POS 2041 American National Government

AMH 2010 American History to 1877

AMH 2091 African-American History and Culture

 

Social Sciences Honors Component (ONE of the following):

PSY 2012 General Psychology

DEP 2004 Human Growth and Development

SYG 2000 Introduction to Sociology

 

Summer Semester:

Check with the Honors Program Coordinator about the availability of summer Honors courses.

* It is the intention of the Robinson Honors College to adhere to the proposed schedule of courses. However, circumstances may arise which prohibit the fulfilling of this endeavor. Therefore, this schedule is subject to change. When possible, Honors students will be notified of any change in advance of its occurrence.

 

*Must successfully complete at least three Honors components and the IDH 1022 Honors College Forum course to graduate with an Honors diploma.

Honors Components: Several courses at PSC may be taken for Honors credit by adding an Honors component to the course. The Honors components are online-based components that students take in addition to their regular class. This means that you can register in any section of an Honors course—face-to-face or online—and the Honors portion of the course will be taught online via PSC’s eLearning platform, Canvas. This makes it possible to take Honors courses at times that best meet the demands of your schedule.

• Students should expect 12-15 additional hours of work and should be designed to enhance understanding of the course material.
• Students can only enroll in Honors components for the courses that they are currently taking.
• Students register for the regular portion of the course the same way they register for other courses, then must speak with the Honors Coordinator to enroll in the Honor component for the course, if it is offered that semester.
• Upon completion of the component, the Honors faculty member will recommend or not recommend the student for Honors credit based upon their work in the course.
• Any student receiving a B or higher in the regular course and a satisfactory in the Honors component, will receive Honors credit on their transcript for the course.

 

Honors Courses:

• IDH 1022 Honors College Forum
  • Exclusively available to Robinson Scholars
  • Free to Robinson Scholars (scholarship provided)
  • Focuses on developing leadership, academic, and career-oriented skills to help Honors students succeed
  • Currently offered each fall at night and each spring during the day to accommodate student schedules
  • Contact the Honors Program Coordinator for more information and to be enrolled in this course

Requirements:

To maintain good standing in the program, students must:

• Complete successfully one Honors component or course each academic year or must have completed all three required courses at that time.
• Students must accumulate at least twenty points each academic year to remain in good standing in the Honors program. (See Extracurricular Activities for more details.)
• Students must maintain a GPA of 3.25 or higher.
To graduate from the program, students must:
• successfully complete three Honors components.
• fulfill the IDH 1022 Honors College Forum course (1 credit hour) requirement.
• attain a total of 25 service hours.
• maintain a GPA of 3.25 or higher.
• graduate from PSC with an Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree or a Bachelor´s of Science (B.A.S.) degree.

 

Good standing:

       Academic Probation:

Upon acceptance to the program, students must maintain a GPA of 3.25. Failing to do so will result in the following actions:

• Student will be placed on probation for one academic semester.
• Student must raise their GPA to 3.25 by the end of the probation semester or risk becoming ineligible for the Robinson Honors Program.

 

Extracurricular Probation:

Upon acceptance to the program, students must achieve 20 extracurricular points per academic year. Failure to do so will result in the following actions:

• Student who do not earn five extracurricular points in a semester may be placed on probation for the following academic semester.
• During the probation semester, students must complete all required extracurricular points to regain good standing. If they do not achieve this, they may be dismissed from the Honors program.

Event Type	Points
Attend an Honors-recognized presentation	2
Organize an Honors-recognized lecture	4
Attend a conference locally	3
Attend a conference outside of the Pensacola area	4
Present at a conference	6
Organize a community service activity	4
Volunteer: 1 point /4 hours up to 8 points per organization	1-8/ academic year
Serve as an active officer in a student organization	5/semester
Receive a full-tuition scholarship at an accredited institution	5
Accept membership to an honors society	2/ membership
Appear in a PBS College television interview or activity	3
Serve as a Peer Mentor in the college´s Peer Mentoring Program	5/semester
Serve as an official Peer Advisor or Student Ambassador	4/semester

Extracurricular Point Requirements 

• Students must accumulate 20 points per academic year.
• Students may suggest events or activities to be included in their extracurricular activities point total. Suggestions will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the Honors Program Coordinator.
• All on-campus events sent out by email by Student Activities or The Lyceum are Honors-approved events, unless otherwise notified.
• Contact the Honors Program Coordinator for any questions about extracurricular point requirements.

To graduate from the program, students must:

• successfully complete three Honors components.
• fulfill the IDH 1022 Honors College Forum course (1 credit hour) requirement.
• attain a total of 25 service hours.
• maintain a GPA of 3.25 or higher.
• graduate from PSC with an Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree or a Bachelor´s of Science (B.A.S.) degree.