Honors College Requirements Spring 2021 to Spring 2023

General Requirements

To complete the Honors College requirements and graduate as a Commonwealth Honors Scholar, honors students must:

• Maintain a 3.250 cumulative GPA
• Complete the Honors curriculum requirements
• Complete at least one approved Enrichment requirement (E1) during each semester the student is a member of the Honors College
• Complete and defend an honors project or honors thesis

Curriculum Requirements

• H1: First Year Seminar in Honors (FYSH). If necessary, this may be replaced by taking a dedicated honors AH/SS core curriculum course.
• H2: An honors section of College Writing II. If a student already has credit for a non-honors, this may be replaced by taking a dedicated honors AH/SS core curriculum course.
• H3: Any upper-level Honors Seminar.
• H4 Either:
  • Any dedicated honors course
  • An Honors Experiential Learning Opportunity
• H5: Either:
  • Any dedicated honors course
  • An Honors-by-Contract on a non-honors 3000/4000 level course
  • An Honors Experiential Learning Opportunity
• H6: Either:
  • Any 2000/3000/4000 level dedicated honors course
  • An Honors-by-Contract on a non-honors 3000/4000 level course
  • An Honors Experiential Learning Opportunity (Students may not use more than two (2) Honors Experiential Learning Opportunities to satisfy the H4/H5/H6 for Commonwealth Honors)
  • Any graduate level course
• H7: Either:
  • A course that supports the first half of a two-semester Honors Project or Thesis
  • A 3000/4000 level dedicated honors course
  • A graduate course
• H8: Either:
  • An upper-level letter-graded course that supports the second half of a two-semester Honors Project or Thesis
  • An upper-level letter-graded course that supports a one-semester Honors Project