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Each year an average of twenty students graduate as Honors Scholars "In University Honors." Students who wish to become Honors Scholars in the University Honors Program must maintain a cumulative 3.3 GPA in all courses and a cumulative 3.3 GPA in Honors courses. You can find more information about graduating in Honors on the online catalog (p. 59).

Students who plan to graduate in University Honors may register during the special registration period by having a hold removed by the Director or Assistant Director of the CAE.  Six Honors credits must be completed by the end of the first year of study, twelve by the end of the second year, eighteen by the end of the third year and twenty-four to graduate.

In addition to their college and department major requirements, students must complete 24 semester hours of:

HON 101: Introduction to Honors 1 hr.
Choose 1:  4 hrs.
HON 150: Critical Issues
HON 195: Science and the Arts
HON 196: The American Experience
HON 197: Ideas in Social Science
HON 294: Ideas in Social Science
HON 295: Ideas in Science
HON 296: Ideas in the Humanities
Choose 2: 8 hrs.
HON 395: Interdisciplinary Honors 
HON 396: Interdisciplinary Honors
HON 480: Interdisciplinary Honors
HON 481: Interdisciplinary Honors

Any combination of Department Honors Courses,
Readings for Honors, or H-Option Courses

11 hrs.
TOTAL:  24 hrs

Honors Graduation Recognition:

  1. The official transcript will state that the University Honors Program has been successfully completed.
  2. The diploma will note graduation in University Honors.


 

 

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