Honors Curriculum
Westover Fellows follow a core of honors courses, including fifty-three hours in humanities, mathematics, social science, fine arts, and science. The honors curriculum replaces most of the College's General Education requirements.In the junior and senior years, Fellows concentrate on their majors while completing four honors colloquia.
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"The Program has really allowed me to excel in both my honors and general courses and has helped me to improve many skills I will need in future courses here at LC and in graduate school."
"I've learned as much outside the classroom from my peers in the Society of Westover Fellows as I have inside the classroom."
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Westover Honors Colloquia
Honors colloquia are interdisciplinary courses taught by a select group of Lynchburg College faculty. Designed expressly for students in the Westover Honors Program, the colloquia explore fundamental social, philosophical, artistic, and scientific issues. Two or three colloquia offerings each term allow students to select from a wide range of engaging topics that enhance understanding of global, national, and local cultures.Recent colloquia include:
- The Agony of Defeat: Germany and Japan in the Post-War Era
- Women in Leadership: Power Shifts and Culture Changes
- Competing Responses to Human Diversity
- Murder, Rape, and Robbery: Policies and Problems
Senior Thesis
Each Westover Fellow completes a senior honors project, which includes individual writing, research, and presentation. The project provides an opportunity for the student to demonstrate his or her:- understanding of the methods, theories, and models of a discipline;
- ability to develop an informed, well-reasoned, and creative response to a question or problem; and
- capability to communicate effectively the results of the project, both orally and in writing.