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Program requirements

Students beginning Fall 2009 or later:

The Honors curriculum features a core of four classes that immerse students in the great ideas and works of human civilization and equips them with the tools to think critically, analytically and with the ability to integrate and synthesize across disciplines and concepts. As a part of that, the Honors senior seminar/thesis is intended to challenge the student to conduct a research project that integrates the strands of expertise developed through the Honors core, minor and her/his major program.

In addition to completing the Honors core, students specialize in Honors through one of three elective concentrations designed to allow more substantial exposure and experience in sub-areas: 

To complete the University Honors Program, students must maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade point average, a 3.0 GPA in the Honors program and complete the Honors core, thesis, and one of the three elective concentrations. 

 

students beginning prior to fall 2009:

To graduate from the Honors program, students must meet the following criteria:

General Honors (GH) courses are the heart of the Honors Program and feature small class sizes, dedicated faculty members, interdisciplinary perspectives, active learning and an exciting array of topics. Most GH classes substitute directly for General Education requirements. These classes can be accessed by searching under University Honors in the catalog.

Departmental Honors courses have a Department prefix and an “H” designation denoting Honors credit (e.g. PSY 101H). Such classes confer the same General Education credit as their non-Honors counterparts, but with added rigor, challenge and substance.

Honors Conversion classes are non-Honors sections that have been “upgraded” to the Honors level through the addition of special requirements for the student seeking the conversion (often a special project beyond normal course requirement). This conversion can be performed for any class, provided that documentation is provided by the instructor indicating which addition conditions must be met by the student in order to receive Honors credit. The advantage for the student is that conversion allows maximum flexibility to build an Honors program of study within a particular major field. For an Honors conversion form and more information on how to work with a faculty member to develop conversion criteria, please visit the Honors Program office or click the links listed below.

Note: Effective Spring 2008, no honors conversion forms will be accepted after the 4th week of classes.

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