Honors News and Updates, Registration Season Edition
Get prepped for the Spring Semester
What’s New this Wednesday?
In case you can’t tell by the late weekly update, Registration Season is a busy time! This week, we’re focused on sharing news and information to help you wrap up the Fall successfully and prepare for the coming term. We’ll return to our regular format next week, with a newsletter chockablock full of opportunities to push yourself academically, engage with our community, take on leadership roles, and work toward your professional goals.
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Take advantage of advanced registration
At Santa Fe, one of the advantages of being a member of the Honors Program is that you get access to Advanced Registration. Whereas many students won’t be able to register, you can begin reserving your spot in your preferred classes today. To take advantage of Advanced Registration and lock in your preferred schedule just follow the steps below:
Plan your courses for next term. Meet with me or another academic advisor, review recommended courses of study, or plan your own courses for next term to begin plotting out what your schedule might look like.
Log into eSantaFe and check your My Status page for registration stops: Registration stops, including the requirement to complete a registration agreement will prevent us from registering you for any courses and may result in you not getting the schedule you request.
Log into eSantaFe and make sure your courses make sense. Log into eSantaFe and look at your degree audit, using the information there to select ones that:
Satisfy a general-education requirement for your AA degree.
Continue a sequence that you’ve already started, such as mathematics, chemistry, physics, English, or a foreign-language.
Meet transfer-admissions requirements for any program you plan to enter when you finish at Santa Fe.
Maintain your status in the Honors Program. Honors sections of courses will be identifiable by their 0H1 Section Number. Look here for a current schedule of Spring 2024 Honors courses.
Look at the Spring 2024 schedule and select your classes. Since you’re already in eSantaFe, you can look at the Spring 2024 schedule by clicking “My Classes” followed by “Register for Classes.” On the following screen, you can type in course numbers to see available sections, including their meeting days/times, instructors, and section numbers. Use this information to plan your schedule and record the section numbers of the courses you want.
File a Registration Request with the Honors Advising Office. Use this form to submit a Spring 2024 Advanced Registration Request with the Honors Advising Office. Remember to include all of the requested information, especially course and section numbers.
Get Your Registration, Degree Planning, and Transfer Questions Answered
Advanced registration is a busy time, and it can feel like it’s hard to get your pressing questions answered. Luckily, there are a number of ways to get in contact with someone who can help you out.
Make an appointment with Honors Advising. You can easily set up an appointment to meet using our Advising Calendar. It’s busy this time of year, but there are often a few open spots during the week that haven’t been taken or there’s been a cancelation, so it’s always worth checking here first.
Drop in during the hours above. In the event that there is a cancellation or a meeting wraps up quickly, I might be able to fit you in between existing appointments. You can come in person to the Honors Office (A-215) on Mondays and Fridays or hang out in the Zoom waiting room (https://sfcollege.zoom.us/my/honors) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the hours above and I’ll see you as soon as I’m able to. You might have to wait a while, but I’ll do my best to work you in.
Meet with an advisor in the Academic Advisement Center (R-201). We aim to provide excellent academic advising collegewide at Santa Fe and often, questions about degree requirements, transfer prerequisites, and registration can be answered by an advisor in another office. If you’re looking to set up or change your schedule for spring, consider meeting with an advisor in the AAC and then submitting a registration request with us to get in your classes early. The Academic Advisement Center schedules appointments and has drop-in hours.
Remember Your Honors Points
Our top pinned post is a comprehensive introduction to honors points, maintaining your Honors status, and progressing toward an Honors credential. When you get a chance, dip on over and check it out—I guarantee you’ll learn something valuable that you don’t know already. As you’re wrapping up this semester and planning for the spring, however, these quick reminders will serve you well:
Earn 30 Honors Points per semester. 30 Honors Points will maintain your status and help you progress steadily toward an Honors credential. If you don’t complete 30 Honors Points, you may be placed on Honors Probation and will need to earn additional points in following semesters.
The simplest way to earn Honors Points is through Honors classes. It can be relatively difficult and complicated to piece together a slate of points-earning opportunities. Signing up for one Honors course, however, is pretty easy. Plus, you’ll have a great time and get more out of the experience.
Take as many Honors classes as you can. Taking more than one Honors course per semester is like investing in your education up-front. Each additional Honors course you take is worth an additional 30 points and helps you rocket toward the next Honors credential.
You can “Honorize” a non-honors course. If there’s a really great course you want to take, but it’s not offered in an honors format, you can use the Honors Contract system to make an Honors experience out of it. To take advantage of this opportunity, you and your instructor will complete an Honors Contract form, agreeing on what you will do to craft an Honors experience in the course. For more information on Honors contracts, look at the material on Canvas or contact the Honors Office.
Apply for the Honors Program’s James Gregg Scholarship
Another great benefit of belonging to the Honors Program is that you gain access to the James Gregg Scholarship. This excellent opportunity provides 100% funding for up to 12 credits at the in-state rate for up to 2 years at SF. The Honors Program awards as many as 20 students per year, and these decisions are based on students’ demonstration of academic excellence and financial need. If you are interested in applying for the James Gregg scholarship, you can access the application through the Santa Fe College General Scholarship Application.
If applying for the James Gregg Scholarship, please remember:
Applications are due on November 21, 2023.
Indicate your interest in completing the Honors scholarship on the 2023-2024 General Scholarship Application.
If you have already submitted your application, it is not possible to edit or update your submission.
If you have any questions about the Santa Fe College General Scholarship Application, please contact the SF Financial Aid Office.
Have an event, opportunity, or announcement you’d like to highlight? Get in touch and let us know so that we can include it in the next Honors Newsletter.