Honors Program
Challenge Yourself and Grow
The Honors Program at Moreno Valley College is a learning community that encourages students to expand personal and academic horizons. Join the Honors Program to foster friendships and encourage curiosity as you strive toward academic excellence.
Why join the Honors Program?
The Honors Program will support you, challenge you, and help you grow. In return for participation in your classes and community, Honors students receive:
- Priority registration, which allows Honors students to register for any MVC classes before regular registration opens
- Scholarship workshops
- One-on-one student-faculty mentoring
- Small class sizes
- Specialized academic and career counseling
- Field trips to local transfer colleges
- Access to the MVC Honors Center in Humanities 205B, a dedicated study and collaboration space
- Opportunities to do original research
- Opportunities to attend and present at local and statewide conferences
- Opportunity to take contract courses. Work one-on-one with Honors faculty to complete a research project in a non-Honors course to earn program credit.
- Upon program completion, students can take advantage of transfer agreements with over 30 colleges and universities. Transfer agreements offer special admissions consideration, honors-to-honors transfer, research opportunities, housing priority, scholarship priority and more.
Opportunities to Explore
How do I join?
Students must apply to join the Honors program. Honors program applications are accepted year round for both current RCCD students as well as first-time college students. Requirements include a minimum GPA of 3.0 or membership on the Dean's List in any term.
Honors Classes
Honors classes use innovative teaching strategies to challenge students to discover creative or original solutions and conclusions. Honors students have two options when it comes to planning their course schedules: stand-alone classes and contract courses.
Benefits of Honors Classes
- Stand-alone Honors classes are limited to 20 students for greater emphasis on critical thinking and active participation.
- Honors contract courses allow students to take non-Honors classes while earning Honors program credit by completing tougher assignments designed by their instructor.
- Honors students read more primary texts and not simply textbook material.
- Honors classes develop your writing and critical thinking skills. Expect at least 20 pages of formal, graded written work to prepare you for the demands of university-level assignments.
Stand-alone Course Schedule
Fall 2025
- Administration of Justice 1H: Examining the Criminal Justice System through a Critical Lens
- Anthropology 2H: The Culture Detectives: Investigations into the Rituals, Symbols, and Connections that Define Us
- Philosophy 10H: Love, Death and Evil
- Sociology 10H: Power, Privilege, and Racial Justice
Spring 2026
- Biology 1H
- Administration of Justice 3H
- Psychology 1H
Meet with Honors Faculty
- 11 am - 12:30 pm, Professor Jennifer Floerke (Communication Studies)
- 1 – 3 pm, Professor Nick Sinigaglia (Philosophy/Honors Coordinator)
- 9:30 - 11:30 am, Dr. Lauren "Ally" Johnson (Art History)
- 11 am - Noon, Dr. James "Jimmie" Bany (Sociology/Honors Coordinator)
- 2 - 3 pm, Dr. Larisa Broyles (Anthropology)
- 3:45 - 4:30 pm, Dr. Sara Yerushalmian (Psychology)
- 11 am - Noon, Dr. Kanya GoddeChrisco (Anthropology)
- 3 - 4 pm, Professor Rosalia Cueto (Math/Statistics)
- 10 – 11 am, Dr. Joanna Werner-Fraczek (Biology)
- 1 – 4 pm, Professor Silvia Trejo-Gonzalez (Honors Counselor Drop-In Hours)
Contact Us
Contact the Honors Program or stop by the Honors Center. Plus, Honors students can drop in during faculty hours to meet with their instructors.
Coordinator: James Bany, Ph.D.
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Phone(951) 571-6948 -
LocationHumanities Building, Room 205B
