t h e u n i v e r s i t yUniversity-Wide Programs
Honors Program Compensatory Courses ROTC, Military Officers' Training Program Honors Program
Honors Program The University invites qualified students in each of its colleges to participate in a comprehensive honors program designed to foster high intellectual development and achievement. Based on criteria established by an individual college for its own majors, students are invited into the program as entering freshmen or as entering sophomores (based on Northeastern freshman-year grades). Other students may be recommended or express interest on their own at later points in their undergraduate careers.
Special limited-enrollment sections of many first- and second-year courses are offered for honors students. Honors seminars on interdisciplinary subjects are open to honors students. Junior/senior honors projects or courses are required of students in the program.
Honors and standard sections of courses are usually equivalent in terms of satisfying degree requirements and are distinguished by course number. For example, the honors section of ECN 1115 is ECN 1715; for PHL 1100 it is PHL 1700. An updated list of offerings is available in the honors program office.
There is another type of honors course, a standard course to which an adjunct course is attached. These adjuncts, numbered 1777 or 1778, supplement the standard course. Adjunct courses carry an additional one quarter-hour credit so that students receive two grades: one in the standard course and one in the honors adjunct. This one quarter-hour course may be taken only with an approved, existing course and represents the enriched work that makes the entire five quarter-hour honors course. Because the availability of adjunct courses does not appear in the registrar's course listings, students must consult the honors program office or the department's Website at www.honors.neu.edu.
The honors program also sponsors extracurriular cultural and recreational activities. Students may choose special honors housing in 115119 Hemenway Street and/or use the honors lounge, study room, and computer room in 1 Nightingale Hall.
For more information on honors courses, on how to qualify to take courses, and on other aspects of the program, contact the honors program at 617.373.2333 or drop by 1 Nightingale Hall.
Merit Scholarships
Ambassador Award. The University offers a limited number of scholarships for exceptional academic achievement to non-U.S. citizens. The Ambassador Awards are given to freshmen enrolled in a full-time day academic program and are renewable to students with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0.
Boston Youth Leadership Award. Award: $6,500 grant for campus room and board. Awards are renewable for recipients who maintain normal progress toward their degree with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). Eligibility: Applicants for fall freshman admission to Northeastern University who have demonstrated outstanding community leadership and service and who will graduate in the top quarter of their class at a Boston public, private, or parochial school. Awardees must reside on campus and follow procedures to receive state and/or federal education grants to which they may be entitled.
Carl S. Ell Scholarship. Award: Full tuition, room, and board (based on double occupancy). Awards are renewable for recipients who maintain normal progress toward their degree with a minimum grade point average of 3.0. Eligibility: Applicants for fall freshman admission to Northeastern University who have earned a 3.75 grade point average with a combined math and verbal score of 1350 or higher on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I). Awardees must maintain enrollment in the Honors Program and follow procedures to receive state and/or federal education grants to which they may be entitled.
Presidential Scholarship. Award: Full tuition scholarship. Awards are renewable for recipients who maintain normal progress toward their degree with a minimum grade point average of 3.5 and complete their cooperative education work placements. Eligibility: Awards are given to students entering their middler year who have demonstrated excellence in their major, in their liberal arts courses, and in their cooperative education work placement. Applicants must have a minimum grade point average of 3.5, lived on campus a minimum of four quarters (including academic and co-op quarters), completed the first three quarters of the sophomore year, and participated in at least one co-op placement.
Ralph J. Bunche Scholarship. Award: Full tuition, room, and board (based on double occupancy). Awards are renewable for recipients who maintain normal progress toward their degree with a minimum grade point average of 3.0. Eligibility: Applicants for fall freshman admission to Northeastern University who have earned a 3.5 grade point average and a combined math and verbal score of 1200 or higher on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I). In awarding this scholarship, the University will consider the extent to which the applicant furthers the University's commitment to a diverse student body. Factors such as family income, family history of higher education, race, ethnicity, and geographic location will be considered in the selection process.
Reggie Lewis Memorial Scholarship. Award: Full tuition scholarship. Awards are renewable for recipients who maintain normal progress toward their degree with a minimum grade point average of 3.0. Eligibility: Applicants for fall freshman admission to Northeastern University who have earned a 3.5 grade point average and a combined math and verbal score of 1200 or higher on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT I). In awarding this scholarship, the University will consider the extent to which the applicant furthers the University's commitment to a diverse student body. Factors such as family income, family history of higher education, race, ethnicity, and geographic location will be considered in the selection process.
Compensatory Courses
Compensatory courses in English and mathematics are for freshman native speakers of English whose reading, writing, and/or mathematical skills need strengthening.Freshman Students
The University uses one or more of three criteria to determine which freshmen participate in the compensatory programs: precollege academic credentials, tests administered during orientation week, or performance in ENG 1110, College Writing 1.
In general, the program consists of five courses, each offering four hours of credit. The courses must fit into the following sequences.
Fall* MTH 1000
ENG 1013Mathematical Preliminaries 1
Basic Writingor ENG 1004 Fundamentals of English-SOL or ENG 1110 College Writing 1** Winter* MTH 1010 Mathematical Preliminaries 2 Please note that successful completion of Mathematical Preliminaries 1 and 2 is a prerequisite for: MTH 1101 and MTH 1106 Nonbusiness mathematics MTH 1113 and MTH 1114 Business mathematics A passing letter grade in College Writing 1 is a prerequisite for: ENG 1111 College Writing 2 *The same sequence is offered winter/spring for students who enter in January.
**ENG 1110 is a compensatory course only if a students whose work in the course is unacceptable for success in ENG 1111, College Writing 2, will receive a grade of U and must repeat the course.
Transfer Students
ENG 1360 Writing Practicum. Required for transfer students who have had credit for first-year writing courses accepted by the University, but whose performance on the Introductory Writing Program diagnostic essay indicates that they would benefit from another course in writing; taken for elective credit.
Schedule for Continuation of Compensatory Programming
Acceptance for credit is determined by the faculties of the individual colleges and is therefore subject to change. The chart below outlines policies on compensatory courses. Asterisked (*) courses are graded pass/fail and therefore are not included in the student's quality-point average. Yes designates acceptance for credit, No designates nonacceptance, and n/a, not applicable.
Basic Writing Fundamentals of English-SOL (ENG 1013/1004) Mathematical Preliminaries 1* (MTH 1000) Mathematical Preliminaries 2* (MTH 1010) Arts and Sciences yes yes yes Business Administration yes yes yes Computer Science (1) yes n/a n/a Criminal Justice yes yes(2) yes(2) Engineering (1) n/a n/a n/a Engineering Technology yes n/a n/a Nursing yes no no Pharmacy and Health Sciences yes(3) no no (1)This college offers MTH 1120 and MTH 1121, a course sequence in college calculus with algebra and trigonometry, to students who test deficient in mathematics. The sequence involves extra work in algebra and trigonometry and covers the same material as the regular freshman calculus sequences.
(2)Students whose diagnostic examinations suggest a need for basic mathematics may elect MTH 1000 or MTH 1010 to prepare for MTH 1106, Fundamentals of Mathematics.
(3)This college will accept ENG 1110 for credit only with a letter grade. Students who complete English courses must still take a four-credit English elective.