Policies
Minimum Credits
Students must earn a minimum of 18 honors credits to graduate from the Honors College with Commonwealth Honors. Experiential Learning Opportunities are not credit-bearing and do not count toward the credit minimum. Students must earn a minimum of 12 honors credits to graduate with the Honors College Distinction.
Minimum Course Grades
Students must earn a B or better in each course used to satisfy an honors requirement.
Declaring Honors with More than 30 Earned Credits
Students who enter the Honors College with 30 or more credits already earned may waive the H1. Students who enter the Honors College with 60 or more credits already earned may waive the H1 and H2.
Exceptions
Any deviation from the requirements as noted requires an Honors Petition for Exception to be filed with the Honors College Dean.
Definitions
Honors Sections
Sections of courses that are dedicated for honors students are noted with a section number that begins with “3,” e.g. PHYS.4170 - 301 or HIST.3932 - 301. Non-honors students may register for these sections only with instructor permission.
Honors-By-Contract
Honors-By-Contract is an agreement between an honors student, an instructor, and the Honors College whereby the student agrees to take on additional, honors-level work as it pertains to the class. Honors students will only receive honors credit for an honors-by-contract at the 3000 or 4000 level.
Honors Ready
The Honors Ready designation allows courses to be taught as mixed sections of honors and non-honors students. The instructor prepares an honors component for the course including one or more of the honors learning outcomes before the semester starts and honors students in the course that complete the honors component receive honors credit. Honors Ready courses may be offered at any level from 1000 to 4000.