Graduation Requirements

All University Honors College (UHC) students must complete a required number of honors courses (see below) and a thesis/creative project supervised and defended in front of a faculty committee. To graduate from the University Honors College, they must have a cumulative GPA of 3.25.

UHC students entering as first-year students (30 credits or below):


Credits

Foundations: Hon 101, Hon 102, Hon 103

15

Methods: Hon 201, Hon 202, Hon 203

12

Total lower-division

Honors credits required

27

UHC seminars Hon 407

4-12

Thesis research and project Hon 401, Hon 403

6-10

Internship

0-8

Departmental Honors seminars

0-8

Honors contracts

0-4

Honors colloquia

0-4

Total upper-division credits required

18

UHC transfer students entering with lower-division standing (31-89 credits):


Credits

Methods: Hon 201, Hon 202, Hon 203

12

Total lower-division Honors credits required

12

UHC seminars Hon 407

4-12

Thesis research and project Hon 401, Hon 403

6-10

Internship

0-8

Departmental Honors seminars

0-8

Honors contracts

0-4

Honors colloquia

0-4

Total upper-division credits required

18

UHC transfer students entering with upper-division standing (more than 90 credits):


Credits

UHC seminars Hon 407

0-12

Thesis research and project Hon 401, Hon 403 (or departmental prefix)

6-10

Internship

0-8

Departmental Honors seminars

0-8

Honors contracts

0-4

Honors colloquia

0-4

Total upper-division credits required

18

Honors students are exempt from University Studies requirements.

Honors courses count towards the baccalaureate distribution requirements in the following way:

Hon 101, Hon 102, Hon 103 meets 8 credits in the area of arts and letters and 4 in the social science distribution area.

Hon 201 meets 4 credits in the area of the social sciences.

Hon 202 meets 4 credits in the area of arts and letters.

Hon 203 meets 4 credits in the area of the sciences.

Completing this sequence also includes 3 credits of Wr 121.

Completing this Hon 201-203 sequence would also meet the University's lower-division writing requirement.