Creating an Honors Course Syllabus should include:
- Book title, ISBN#, description from publisher
- Scope and Sequence
- list of all the ideas, concepts and topics that will be covered in the book or course
- Course Description with details indicating how the course extends beyond College Prep
- Course Syllabus
- outlines outcomes, assignments, and grading practices (rubric)
- Pacing
- rate at which lessons will be accomplished by date
- must exceed the rate of CP (College Prep) pace
- Any additional resources, books, instructors that will support Honors weight
HONORS NOTE: Assigning honors weight needs to be done with care and diligence. Honors is NOT simply working hard, participating in a co op offering honors level coursework, or completing a text created for honors level. It IS going beyond the normal academic rigor with a worthy 30+ additional hours of work. If in CC, it means your child is in the top 1/3 of the class in that given subject(s), if it is a textbook it means that your child has completed each and every question, assignment, project, test, and page of the book. Nothing less. Be certain to include supporting documentation for all Honors classes as colleges are beginning to be leary of all of the honors they see coming out of homeschool.
