Contracts

An Honors contract is a signed agreement between a professor and an Honors student in a regular (non-honors) course. The agreement specifies Honors level objectives and tasks to be completed by the student in addition to the objective of the regular course. The guiding principle for an Honors contract is “enrichment, not extra.” In other words, the terms of the Honors contract should be challenging and demanding not by assigning more work, but by exploring and engaging Honors students to meet their Honors Program's goals and learning outcomes from the work that is assigned. Contracts that only require longer papers or extra homework will not be approved.

Steps to Completing an Honors Contract

Honors Course/Section Contract Policies and Guidelines

Honors Course Contract Form 1 (English,Arabic)

Honors Course Contract Form 2 (English,Arabic)

Honors Course Contract Portfolio Coversheet (English,Arabic)

Benefits

Proposed incentives and benefits to faculty involved in teaching Honors courses (freestanding and contract courses):

Teaching a freestanding Honors course or an honors contract major course should be recognized in the faculty annual appraisal. In the teaching part of the faculty appraisal, more percentage or weight can be given to faculty teaching such courses to reflect the high level of preparation needed for such courses.
Teaching Honors courses may be used as dimension/ criteria in the rubric used to judge the QU Outstanding teaching/ Merit awards.
Upon meeting a certain criteria and on competitive basis, faculty involved in teaching honors courses may be entitled to one or more of the following:
Invitations to attend workshops related to enhancing teaching and education methods.
Be entitled to the Best honors faculty teaching award
Priority funding though internal grants in the support of Capstone or design projects involving Honors students.
Monitory reward for teaching courses in the Honors via contract.