Honors Composition
at SPC-Clearwater

Honors Composition I (ENC 1121H) and Honors Composition II (ENC 1122H) are offered as alternatives to ENC 1101 and ENC 1102 for students who wish to experience a class with a greater amount of synthesis and inquiry.  Classes are slightly smaller than standard composition classes, are often interdisciplinary, and require stronger class participation. The Honors College has identified several Principles of Honors Courses, which may give you an idea of what to expect.  Honors Composition I classes (themed Nature, Environment and Self) often take field trips to ecologically important sites such as Boyd Hill Nature Trail.  Honors Composition II classes (themed Reading and Writing the Right and the Wrong) have speakers such as Pat Farmer, President of the St. Vincent DePaul Society of Upper Pinellas and undertake service learning projects such as a children's book drive for Big Brothers, Big Sisters.

You don't have to be a Rhodes scholar to enjoy and profit from an honors composition course, (and you don't have to be a member of the Honors College)  but you do need to be interested, involved and motivated.  Contact Gregory Byrd if you have any questions about honors composition at SPC-Clearwater, or Nadia Yevstigneyeva, the Honors College Coordinator, for questions about honors classes and the Honors College in general.

Morning honors students at Clearwater usually take Honors Interdiscplinary Studies

ENC 1121H HONORS COMPOSITION I 3 credits 

Fall : Honors Composition I   ENC 1121H

Prerequisite: An SAT score of 1180 or ACT score of 26, or a score of at least 94 on the English and Reading portions of the Computerized Placement Test, or in the top 5% of high school graduating class with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.65 on a 4.0 scale, or at least a 3.4 GPA with at least 12 credits of college course work, or a member of Phi Theta Kappa, or recommendation by a counselor or instructor familiar with the student's academic work. This is a course designed to develop the expository writing skills of the academically talented students so they can write effectively. It emphasizes prewriting techniques, organizational techniques, and essay writing techniques. Conferences are provided for individualized instruction. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements as outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is only given for one of the following: ENC 1121H, ENC 1101 or IDS 1101H. 47 contact hours.

Spring: ENC 1122H HONORS COMPOSITION II "G" 3 credits 

Prerequisite: (ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H) or (ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H and acceptance into the Honors College ) or approval of the program director. This course builds upon the skills developed in Honors Composition. It provides the academically talented student further opportunity to learn to write effectively. It emphasizes writing papers of literary interpretation, using the library, finding and evaluating primary and secondary source material, and employing that material in formally documented research papers. Conferences for individualized instruction are provided. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements as outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is only given for one of the following: ENC 1121H, ENC 1101 or IDS 1101H. 47 contact hours.