Honors Curriculum

Course Requirements

Every Honors student is required to take at least one Honors course each semester. There are five ways to satisfy this requirement:
  1. Enroll in any courses with an "H" designation listed in the Honors Coursebook (published prior to VIP registration week).

  2. Enroll in any courses listed in the Honors Coursebook without an "H" designation*:
    • Complete an Honors Credit Registration Form (available in the Honors office).
    • Return the form with the instructor's signature to the Honors office during the first three weeks of the semester.
    *Individual instructors may require extra work from Honors students in these classes.


  3. Petition to convert a course not listed in the Honors Coursebook into an Honors course*:
    • Make an agreement with the professor to do extra (or different) work in the course.
    • Describe the agreement on an Honors Credit Registration Petition Form (available in the Honors office).
    • Return the form with the instructor's signature within the first three weeks of the semester to the Honors office.
    *Courses petitioned for Honors credit MUST receive final approval from the associate dean. Honors credit will NOT be approved for regular sections of a course if an Honors section of that course is being offered in the same semester. Students may petition no more than two courses for Honors credit unless they receive approval from the dean or associate dean.

  4. Enroll in, and be working on, a Senior Honors Thesis. Students in good standing with The Honors College should gain permission to begin a Senior Honors Thesis by the beginning of the first semester of their senior year before enrolling in a Senior Honors Thesis course. Guidelines for the Senior Honors Thesis are available in the Honors office. It is recommended that students in their junior year should begin consideration of this process by familiarizing themselves with the guidelines for the Senior Honors Thesis.


  5. Enroll in a graduate course; however, permission must be received from the instructor and the associate dean of The Honors College.
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