Therefore, students with a heavy workload should not forego the program out of concern with time restraints. The BFS program is an ideal way for students with many requirements to take advantage of the intellectual facet of their undergraduate education. The National Collegiate Honors Council website will allow you to search for information about the honors programs of the Council's member Universities. Those with averages of 3.4 or higher graduate cum laude, those with 3.6 or higher graduate magna cum laude, those with 3.8 or higher graduate summa cum laude. There are other honors awarded at graduation.
Departments also award honors and prizes at graduation time.
Generally, students who take upper level courses in their discipline, and do a senior thesis are good candidates for this distinction. The Economics honors major requires more coursework, and has a different format. Further information on these items can be found on the department homepages. Just being in the program will not help you. If you vigorously take advantage of the opportunities the program offers, and use your acceptance into the program as a launching point for the pursuit of challenging courses, research, and faculty connections, you will no doubt be a better candidate for further education than someone not in the program.