:: The Community Service Requirement
:: Verifying Community Service
:: Community Service Opportunities
:: Isla Vista School Tutoring Program
The Community Service Requirement
Students planning to complete the College Honors Program and earn the Academic Excellence Award at graduation must complete volunteer service in addition to meeting GPA and honors units requirements. Students must volunteer at least 10 hours of campus or community service during each of their final two years of enrollment at UCSB (for a total of 20 hours).
The College Honors Program believes that exploring the world around you is an essential part of your undergraduate education, which includes activity both inside and outside the classroom. Community service provides a means to expand your intellectual development and diversify your personal experience. Volunteering can also help you define your interests and strengths and supplement your in-class learning. It can open pathways into new careers and help you build an impressive resume. Volunteering also provides an opportunity to meet new people with similar interestes and values, and affords you the chance to make a difference in your community.
Download an information sheet (PDF) about the Honors Program Community Service Requirement.
Verifying Community Service
In order for the honors program staff to verify completion of the community service requirement, you will need to turn in a Service Agreement form indicating the number of hours of service you have completed for each activity. The form will need to be signed by you and your supervisor. You can pick up a blank service agreement form at the College office, 1117 Cheadle, or you can download a copy (PDF) here.
Community Service Opportunities
Service opportunities are publicized in binders in the Honors Study Center, 1115 North Hall, and the College Office, 1117 Cheadle Hall; at the Community Affairs Board (CAB), UCen 2523; and on the honors listserv.
College Honors Program/Isla Vista School Tutoring Program
Make a difference in a student's life - become a tutor in an sixth-grade class at Isla Vista elementary school.
The College Honors Program sponsors a tutoring program with Isla Vista School. Tutors will meet weeklywitha sixth-grade student, helping them prepare to make the transition to junior high. All it takes is two hours a week to help a student gain academic and social skills. And tutoring fulfills the service requirement.
Prospective tutors must have a LiveScan background check performed before they can begin tutoring. The total cost is $39, which will be reimbursed by the honors program.
If you are interested in becoming a tutor and would like more information, please contact the Tutoring Coordinator, by email at ivtutoring@LTSC.ucsb.edu, or call the honors program office at (805) 893-3109.
