The Honors Institute offers intellectually gifted and highly motivated students challenging courses characterized by rigorous academic standards. Designed for small, interactive class settings, these courses are reading, writing and discussion intensive. Honors professors are highly credentialed, award-winning academicians who seek to exemplify scholarship for their students. Honors students have both the opportunity to win recognition here at Collin County Community College District (CCCCD) and enhanced opportunities for admission and scholarships to reputable four-year colleges and universities.

"Honors classes are different because Honors students are different."
- Dr. Kyle Wilkison, professor of History

Honors classes offer:

• Class environments that foster open dialogue and debate among students and professors

• Opportunities to participate in innovative class projects

• Professors who strive to make classes challenging and rewarding

• Highly motivated and academically gifted student engaged in learning

Honors courses appeal to diverse academic interests:

• American Government

• American History

• American Literature

• Art Appreciation

• Biology

• College Algebra

• French

• Government

• Comparative Religion

• History

• Humanities

• Music Appreciation

• Philosophy

• Rhetoric and Composition

• World Civilization

• World Literature