Add-on Project Instructions
For Instructors
The University Honors Program student is requesting your guidance and assistance in developing an
Add-on Project for University Honors Program credit. As there are not have enough Honors Program
students in every discipline to offer honors specific courses, the Add-on Project will provide the student
an expanded learning opportunity within your course. Individual instructors and Honors Program
students will work together to develop learning objectives, learning activities, and means of evaluation
for the project.
As a rule of thumb, this might serve as a guide:
1. Add-on Projects should challenge the student to develop an in-depth understanding of subject
matters of the course beyond the usual content of the course.
2. Add-on Projects should incorporate the a range of high-quality, credible, relevant sources that are
appropriate for the discipline and genre to develop project ideas, rather than relying solely on
discipline textbooks.
3. Add-on Projects should provide opportunities for students to develop discipline appropriate skills
for documenting information gathered for developing the topic, resulting in a written
demonstration of acquired knowledge that uses discipline appropriate documentation format (i.e.,
APA, MLA, etc.). This may be a reflection paper, journal, or formal research paper, as appropriate.
4. Add-on projects should challenge students to develop and apply critical thinking skills. It should
provide opportunities for students to think, read, write, create and present using a wide range of
strategies and levels of complexity.
5. Add-on projects should provide opportunities for both EXPERIENCE and REFLECTION. Experience
refers to active learning, problem-based learning, team-based learning, and may include field trips,
site visits, experiments, simulations, debates and other co-curricular activities. Reflection refers to
student engagement in various levels of thinking not only about the topic/subject of the project, but
also in "thinking about thinking" and understanding the nature of learning.
Once the Honors program student has completed the Add-on Project, you will receive this form again
for your final signature. See the timeline for submission indicated on the Add-on Request form. Please
keep in mind that for graduating seniors, adding the Honors designation falls under the same timeline as
final grades.