DCB catalog 2020-22

44 General Information Honors Program The Honors Program provides an environment of academic excellence for DCB students who demonstrate high potential and to educate and develop them for a life devoted to learning. Students will work collaboratively with each other as well as faculty and will leave the program with an enriched collegiate experience. Honors Program Objectives • Demonstrate writing and speaking skills at the highest academic level • Develop strong communication skills • Form relationships with other students and mentors who share their interests and dedication to learning • Develop strong analytical and research skills Dakota College at Bottineau views its Honors Program as another tool to help it fulfill and enhance its mission, core values, goals and objectives, vision, and focus. The College promotes personal enrichment through engaged learning in all its programs and services. Attendance Students are responsible for understanding and complying with the specific attendance requirements of their instructors. Students are also responsible for explaining the reason for any absences to their instructors. If possible, the student should contact the respective instructor prior to any absence. No absences are “excused” in the sense of relieving the student from the responsibility of making up missed work. The College recognizes the value of participation in extracurricular activities. Thus, a student can be excused from class in the case of College approved functions. In such instances, the faculty member in charge of the extracurricular activity should inform the students’ instructors of the reason for the class absence. Only class instructors can excuse students from class for reasons other than participation in College approved functions. Graduation Requirements Graduation ceremonies are held at the end of the spring semester of each academic year. Students who will not complete their course work until after the summer following graduation may participate in the previous spring’s graduation exercises. However, their diplomas or degrees will not be awarded until all requirements have been completed. The requirements for graduation are as follows: 1. Earn at least 60 credits for either the Associate of Science degree, the Associate of Arts degree, or the Associate of Applied Science degree and fulfill the general education requirements for the respective degree. 2. For the AS degree, satisfy the additional math, science, and technology credit requirements. Only one AS degree will be awarded. 3. For the AA degree, satisfy the additional social science credit requirements. Only one AA degree will be awarded.