Torrey Honors Institute
Torrey Certificate
A student who completes the full Torrey program (64 units including thesis) will be awarded the Torrey Honors Institute Certificate. A student need not graduate from Biola University to receive the Certificate, and a student can graduate without earning the Certificate. Certificates are presented at a special ceremony.
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Faculty
John Mark Reynolds, Ph.D.
Director
Admission Requirements
Reynolds
Professor
The Torrey Honors Institute is highly selective. The average applicant to Torrey is among the top ten percent of students planning to attend Biola University in terms of academic, social, and spiritual leadership. High school students wishing to apply to Torrey should take four years of each of the core disciplines. Torrey applicants should have completed successfully some honors or Advanced Placement work, if such is available at their high schools.
Sanders, Spears, Thoennes
Associate Professors
Henderson, Jenson, Peters, Schubert, Vincent, Whitaker–Campbell, Yeh
Assistant Professors
Llizo
Special Contract Faculty
Mission & Learning Outcomes
The Torrey Honors Institute is a general education program in the liberal arts for undergraduates at Biola University. It is dedicated to forming leaders through the study of the master works of Western civilization, with a special emphasis on the Bible and Christian authors. Students in the program, who come from a variety of majors, are outstanding examples of academic ability, Christian character, and potential for leadership. They learn in a rigorous discussion group format to think and express themselves clearly in both verbal and written forms.
English Requirements
Students wishing to enroll in any courses in the Torrey Honors Institute must have outstanding skills in both written and spoken English. The prospective student will demonstrate the former in a paper submitted with the Torrey application and the latter by a personal interview.
Advanced Placement Credit
Although most Torrey students will have earned Advanced Placement credit in high school, they will not be exempted from any Torrey required classes. Advanced Placement courses are helpful in preparing the student for Torrey, but not equivalent to Torrey classes in style, content or rigor.
Program Plan
The Torrey Honors Institute is the most rigorous general education course of studies at this University. Its courses fulfill the liberal arts requirements for a four–year degree at Biola in the following areas: Communication, English, Literature, Fine Arts, History, Philosophy and Behavioral Science. Torrey courses also fulfill the biblical and theological studies requirements (30 units) for a four–year degree at Biola. Students need 60 units in Torrey to satisfy these general education requirements. To gain a four–year degree, students must meet all other academic, social, and spiritual requirements of Biola University.
Transfer Students
The Torrey Honors Institute does accept transfer students in some cases. In exceptional cases, owing to outstanding academic merit, applications for admission from transfer students may be considered. Transferred credits may satisfy some standard Biola general education requirements, and major prerequisites not covered by Torrey coursework; however, they will under no circumstances be accepted as satisfying any Torrey Honors Institute course requirements. Students who leave the Torrey program, and who wish to transfer their units in Torrey to Biola’s general education program should first consult the Office of the Registrar.
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