Graduation With Honors in an Academic Major

Students who wish to pursue academic work beyond the classroom are encouraged to complete an honors project. Students may pursue honors in any course of study at the College that offers a major. Students need not be pursuing a major in that course of study to do an honors project. Students wishing to pursue honors in a course of study that does not offer a major must petition the Academic Status Committee for approval to pursue honors in that course of study.

Students should have an overall G.P.A. of 3.2 or above, and a G.P.A. of 3.4 or above in the course of study in which honors are to be pursued. Students may work for honors in either the junior or senior years, and in the sophomore year in extraordinary cases. Students will write an honors proposal that will describe the scholarly work proposed and provide an explanation of why the project is worthy of honors. The Academic Status Committee will review the honors proposal and provide feedback to the student. Once the honors project is complete, the student’s work is evaluated by faculty members in the major, as well as faculty from outside the major. Successful completion of these requirements will lead to the awarding of honors in an academic major.

Complete procedures for graduation with honors in an academic major may be obtained from the Office of Academic Affairs or at Honors Program