|  Christ
College - Valparaiso University's Honors College - welcomes
students who
- make excellent grades and have taken honors, advanced placement,
or international baccalaureate courses
- have high aspirations and dynamic future plans
- thrive on academic challenge
- want a fully rounded education
- want to develop the ability to discuss diverse opinions with
challenging peers
- want to become critical readers and independent thinkers
- flourish in communities that involve them in creative and collaborative
challenges
- want to be active in campus activities.
Founded in 1967, Christ College is one of the
oldest and most successful honors colleges in the United States.
The College provides stimulating, interdisciplinary study in the
humanities through small discussion-centered classes led by master
teacher-scholars. Direct and personal relationships between students
and the College faculty create a strong and supportive community
that integrates academic learning and engagement in the world. Through
a collaborative learning process, students receive preparation for
a rich and thoughtful life, responsible vocation, and leadership
roles in society and in the Christian community.
Christ College helps students from all majors to develop the intellectual
skills and sound judgment that enable them to become educated human
beings capable of sustaining the life of the mind beyond graduation.
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more about Christ College...
What makes Christ College so distinctive?
- Integrated year-long Freshman Program
- Drama Workshop and Freshman Production
- Chinese works incorporated and compared with Western texts
- Support for student scholarship and travel
- Close, effective academic advising
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more about the Christ College curriculum...
What will the first year in Christ College be like?
The Christ College Freshman Program involves a two semester sequence
of courses titled Texts and Contexts: Traditions of Human Thought.
Students read and discuss classical texts (Aristotle, Genesis, Machiavelli)
and modern writers (Flannery O'Connor, Tim O'Brien) who address
fundamental human questions. The entire group meets weekly for a
common lecture, and five hours per week are spent in discussion
groups of fourteen or fewer.
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more about the Christ College Freshman Program...
Will a Christ College student still have time for other
activities? You bet!
- In the last five years 63% of the winners of Valpo's Outstanding
Student Leadership and Service Award for seniors have been Christ
College students.
- Christ College students take top honors in honors-athletics
rankings and play in most sports.
- Christ College students make up at least 25% of most music and
theater ensembles -- 35% of Valpo's symphony
orchestra members are CC students; about 3/4 of the members
of the liturgical drama troupe Soul
Purpose are CC students.
- Christ College students hold leadership positions in student
government, student newspaper and literary magazine editorships,
and managerial positions at WVUR
radio, as well as many other campus groups.
- Nearly 50% of Christ College students spend a semester in off-campus
study programs overseas or in Washington, D.C. or Chicago.
More Christ College facts:
- 100% of Christ College pre-medical arts students are accepted
into medical school.
- The Scholar in Society course prepares Christ College seniors
actively pursuing the Rhodes, Marshall, and Davies-Jackson post-graduate
scholarships for the highly competitive application process.
- Christ College graduates receive automatic admittance into Valparaiso
University School of Law.
- Each year Christ College fully funds CC students to present
their creative work and research at major conferences in places
such as North Carolina, California, and Maryland.
- A gala Christ College Senior Banquet awards commencement medallions
to all CC graduates.
- Special Christ College
academic advising and assistance aids students with fellowship
and graduate school applications and employment resumes.
How to apply:
Students invited to apply for membership in the College have been
admitted to Valparaiso University and have demonstrated academic
excellence in high school, strong SAT or ACT scores, intellectual
curiosity and creativity, and leadership in extracurricular activities.
Invitations to apply are extended in late fall and in spring. Notification
of acceptance begins in late fall. Eighty to eighty-five freshmen
students are accepted for membership in the College each year. Once
enrolled in Christ College, members are required to maintain a grade
point average of 3.3 (B+) or better in all University course work
and in Christ College courses.
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