HONORS PROGRAM

About Honors

The Kingsborough Honors Program offers a challenging and rewarding educational experience for academically-minded students. The program provides a platform for students to explore their scholarly interests through honors-level academic work open only to honors students. Honors work emphasizes independent research, critical thinking, and analytical writing and argumentation skills. Honors work may be transferable to a variety of four-year colleges and universities as well as open up opportunities for selective transfer scholarships. The Honors Program strives to nurture excellence in leadership and service in addition to excellence in academics. The ultimate goal of the Honors Program is to support students as they become active and engaged citizens and scholars while building strong academic and co-curricular resumes.

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Honors Course Offerings: Spring 2027

All-Honors courses are designed to foster critical thinking, improve speaking and writing skills, and examine subject matter more deeply than a regular course. They generally do not require students to do more work; instead, these courses challenge students to work at a more sophisticated level and in a more independent manner. Courses are open to students who have a 3.20 or higher GPA and are capped at 25 or fewer students.

Students must earn a grade of B+ or higher to receive an Honors notation on their transcript.

All-Honors courses are three (3) units.

To see the description of courses, please visit the Schedule of Classes website.

Please Note:

  • Students must express interest in completing an honors project to the professor of designated honors courses.
  • Students may also earn honors credits in courses not on this list.

Honors Contract or Honors Enrichment Component Listings for Spring 2027
Class Name Class Number Section Instructor Mode of Instruction
ANT 3700 - Introduction to Anthropology 8531 02 Ryan Chaney In Person
ANT 3700 - Introduction to Anthropology 8076 16 Luz Martin Del Campo Online Asynchronous
ART 4300 - Digital Illustration 8925 01 TBA In Person
ART 4800 - The Art of 3D Animation 8936 01 TBA In Person
ART 6800 - Illustration 8928 01 TBA Online Mix
ART 6800 - Illustration 8594 02 TBA In Person
ART 6900 - Illustration Style 8590 02 TBA In Person
ART 7400 - Typography 8916 01 TBA In Person
ART 7400 - Typography 8591 02 TBA In Person
BA 1200 - Business Law I 8517 02 TBA Hybrid Asynchronous
BA 1200 - Business Law I 8321 04 TBA Hybrid Asynchronous
BA 1400 - Principles of Marketing 8319 04 TBA Online Asynchronous
BA 6000 - Intro Comp Concepts 8516 02 TBA Online Asynchronous
BA 6000 - Intro Comp Concepts 8398 03 TBA Online Asynchronous
COH 1600 - Ptnt Engmnt & Tech Comm Hlth 8860 01 TBA Online Asynchronous
COH 1600 - Ptnt Engmnt & Tech Comm Hlth 8568 02 TBA Online Asynchronous
CRJ 7200 - Minorities & Crmnl Justice Sys 7587 S50 TBA Online Asynchronous
ECO 1200 - Macroeconomics 8315 04 TBA Online Asynchronous
ECO 1200 - Macroeconomics 8263 05 TBA Online Asynchronous
EDC 200 - Social Foundation-Ed 8404 03 Delia Hernandez In Person
EDC 2400 - Teaching Emergent Bilinguals 8842 01 Ivana Espinet In Person
EDC 3100 - Social Science In Child Ed 8779 01 Ivana Espinet In Person
EDC 3100 - Social Science In Child Ed 8523 02 Barbara Frawley In Person
EDC 4200 - Child Lit & Lang Arts Child Ed 8549 02 Delia Hernandez HyField
HE 3800 - Women's Health Issues 8676 01 TBA Online Asynchronous
HE 4200 - Health and Nutrition 8664 01 TBA Online Asynchronous
HE 4200 - Health and Nutrition 8300 04 TBA Online Asynchronous
HPE 1200 - Concepts of Wellness 8375 03 TBA In Person
HS 4000 - Drugs:The Individual & Society 8871 01 TBA Online Asynchronous
HS 5200 - Human Sexuality 8872 01 TBA Online Asynchronous
HS 5200 - Human Sexuality 8574 02 TBA Online Asynchronous
PSY 1100 - General Psychology 8141 10 David Troy Hybrid Asynchronous
PSY 3200 - Human Growth and Development 42947 14 David Troy Hybrid Asynchronous
PSY 3600 - Abnormal Psychology 8783 01 David Troy Online Mix
RPE 1100 - Intro to Rec & Physical Ed 8668 01 TBA In Person
RPE 1100 - Intro to Rec & Physical Ed 8478 02 TBA In Person
RPE 1200 - Leadership in Recreation & PE 8662 01 TBA Hybrid Asynchronous
RPE 1200 - Leadership in Recreation & PE 8475 02 TBA In Person
RPE 9152 - Field Exp PE/Rec/Rec Ther/Spt 8681 01 TBA HyField
SOC 3100 - Introduction to Sociology 8782 01 Can Ersoy In Person
SOC 3100 - Introduction to Sociology 8524 02 Can Ersoy In Person
SOC 3100 - Introduction to Sociology 8233 06 Dominic Wetzel In Person
SOC 3100 - Introduction to Sociology 8054 20 Katherine Perea Online Asynchronous
SOC 3100 - Introduction to Sociology 8044 22 Katherine Perea Online Asynchronous
SOC 3100 - Introduction to Sociology 7574 S50 Can Ersoy In Person
SOC 3100 - Introduction to Sociology 7439 S54 Katherine Perea Online Asynchronous
SOC 3100 - Introduction to Sociology 7433 S55 Katherine Perea Online Asynchronous
SOC 3200 - Urban Sociology 8785 01 Can Ersoy Hybrid Asynchronous

Attention: Honors Program students and faculty must:

Identify the applicable honors experience, complete the requisite information, and submit the form by the last Friday of the first month of each semester.

Please submit honors project grade(s) and a copy of your student(s) completed honors work via the Faculty Grade Form. Honors project grades and projects are due by the end of the final examination period of each semester.

Faculty must submit a representative of the student’s honors work. This might be the best part of the project or the part of the project that presented the most challenges for the student - whatever you deem the best representation of the student’s honors experience.

Please note: The Honors Program collects honors work so that we can support the college in assessing the Honors Program.
This data collection is necessary to improve the Honors Program’s best practices. It is not to assess any individual faculty member or honors student.

Academic Integrity Policy:

The Kingsborough Honors Program expects commitment to academic integrity standards from all Honors Program students in all academic work. Academic integrity violations include academic dishonesty, cheating, acts of plagiarism, forgery, fabrication, or misrepresentation such as the following:

  • Claiming the work or thoughts of others as your own
  • Copying the writing of others into your written work without appropriate citations
  • Buying papers and turning them in as your own
  • Having someone else write or create all or part of the content of your assignments
  • Fabricating and/or altering documents and/or information written by others, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
  • Utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, including AI grammar checkers, without proper citation and outside of the explicit directions of your instructor

Academic integrity violations are a serious matter and may result in the following honors violations:

  • An Honors Program student being placed on honors probation
  • An Honors Program student being dismissed from the Honors Program.
Getting Started with Honors: Best Practices (coming soon)
Honors Program Statement for Syllabi
Honors Program / Honors Credit

If you are interested in completing an Honors Contract (HC) or Honors Enrichment Component (HEC), please discuss your intentions with your professor.

Who is eligible to complete an Honors Project?

  • All admitted Honors Program students are eligible to complete an Honors Contract or HEC.
  • Honors-eligible students must have: i) 3.2 GPA, ii) 12+ cumulative credits, and iii) B+ or higher in ENG 1200/ENG 12A0 and/or ENG 2400 to complete an honors experience.

Students who do not meet this criteria but wish to complete an honors project should reach out to the Honors Program at honors@kbcc.cuny.edu
Faculty Grade Form

Complete the requisite information and submit your student's honors grade and project.

Honors project grade(s) and a copy of your student(s) completed honor work are due by the end of the final examination period of each semester.

Please Note:

  • It takes 6-8 weeks before the honors notation is visible on the student's transcript.
  • Students can only earn honors credit for either an Honors Enrichment Component (HEC), Honors Contract (HC), or Honors Service Project (HSP).

If you have any questions regarding this grade form, please contact the Honors Program.
Faculty Recommendation

The Honors Program at Kingsborough Community College works to promote enhanced academic opportunities and scholarly experiences for Kingsborough students. Faculty recommendations are an essential part of that process and an essential part of supporting Kingsborough's highest achieving students. We depend on faculty to help us identify Honors Program candidates, to encourage students to apply, and to serve as academic mentors for Honors Program scholars as they work on honors experiences in the classroom, and progress toward Honors graduation, transfer, and beyond.

Please use the link to answer the following questions about the Honors Program candidate to best of your knowledge. The best recommendations give us a sense of the candidate's scholarly goals and abilities and convey their overall academic character with an eye toward both their successes and failures. We thank you for your thoughtful consideration!

Please join us for the upcoming Honors Program activities and events listed below:

  • Environmental and Sustainability Club Tree Planting Ceremony, Monday, October 5th, 9 am, In front of the A Building
  • Honors Program and Phi Theta Kappa Orientation: Tuesday, October 6th, 3-4 pm (Zoom)
  • Phi Theta Kappa General Assembly I: Transfer Scholars Network: Nomination to Application, Monday, October 19th, 10-11 am (Honors Lounge, M378)
  • Phi Theta Kappa General Assembly II: Honors Community Outreach, Monday, October 19th, 10-12 pm: (Breezeway)
  • Faculty Information Session: Come Learn More about Honors @ KCC, Tuesday, October 20th, 3-4 pm (Zoom)
  • Columbia University Transfer Information Session, Monday, October 21st, 10-11 am (Honors Lounge, M378)
  • Phi Theta Kappa General Assembly III: Kaplan Leadership Program: Application to Interview with Dr. Midori Yamamura (All Invited!), Wednesday, November 4th, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Honors Lounge, M378)
  • Vassar Exploring Transfer Nomination Interviews, Monday, November 23rd, 10-11 am (Honors Office, M377)
  • First Annual Honors Alumni Event: Getting into Your Dream School with Liam Lotz (Yale) and Urwa Faraz Malik (Cornell), Tuesday, December 1st 3 PM–5 PM (Zoom)
  • Honors Community End-of-Term Luncheon / Honors Alumni: Getting into Your Dream School with Myat Khine Zhan (Brooklyn), Monday, December 7th 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (In Person)

Ongoing Honors Activities: Please Check Your Email for Notices

  • Honors Reading Circle with Professor Allaya Cooks-Campbell
  • Phi Theta Kappa Outreach Club with Professor Cesar Castope
  • Honors Journal Planning Team Meetings
  • TSN Drop-In Hours with Professor Posey in M-377
  • Macaulay Friedman Transfer Scholars Program Information Session
  • Honors Scavenger Hunt at the MET

*Dates are subject to change