HONOR 200 - Transfer Student Success

5 Credits

This course focuses on rhetorical analysis and advanced research and writing strategies. Students use these strategies to develop audience and context-specific materials for transfer. Students also use peer and instructor feedback and research on four-year colleges/universities and program/major admissions requirements to draft and revise personal and academic essays, scholarship and financial aid applications, academic resumes, and letters of recommendation.

Pre-requisite(s) Completion of English 101 with a minimum 2.0 GPA

Completion of 12 college-level credits.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Day, Evening, Online, Weekend
Fall Day, Evening, Online, Weekend
Winter Day, Evening, Online, Weekend
Spring Day, Evening, Online, Weekend

Designed to Serve General: Highline students planning to transfer to 4-year colleges or universities

Specific: Highline students completing the requirments of the Honors Program Transfer (AA/AS) pathway
Active Date 20240401T16:20:52

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 25
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
AA

Humanities Area I

Course Outline

research college/university and program/major admissions requirements
compose personal and academic essays for college/university and program/major admissions
Practice completing college/university applications
identify financial aid sources and tools to pay for college/university expenses
Develop strategies for locating and completing scholarship applications
Design an academic resume/a curriculum vitae
Use digital communication to network with college and university staff and faculty
Practice requesting academic and professional references and letters of recommendations
Produce constructive peer responses that provide classmates with feedback for revision

Student Learning Outcomes
Evaluate institutional fit with regard to individual student’s academic, financial, and personal needs and goals for transfer.

Conduct research for credible transfer-related information.

Synthesize personal, academic, and/or professional experiences in audience- and genre-appropriate essays that meet college/university, program/major, and scholarship application requirements.

Assess financial aid opportunities in terms of individual eligibility criteria, application requirements, and types of aid (loans, grants, scholarships, and work study).

Establish academic and professional networks through digital and in-person communication with admissions, financial aid, and academic department staff and faculty.