To provide unique educational opportunities and promote the exchange of ideas among Honors students through Honors seminars, courses and other activities in the College and University. The College of Agriculture Honors Committee operates within the framework of the Basic Document of the Iowa State University Honors Program . The College of Agriculture Committee consists of five faculty members and a chairperson selected from the faculty in the College of Agriculture and appointed to their positions by the College's Associate Dean for Academic Programs. In addition to the faculty members on the committee, three students representing the Freshman, Associate, and Full Honors Membership categories serve on the committee. Members of the Academic Affairs Committee of the College of Agriculture will serve as departmental liaisons to the College of Agriculture Honors Committee.
Admission is by application and invitation only.
This program and the privileges and activities of its members are described in publications of the Freshman Honors Program, available at the Honors Program Office in Osborn Cottage. Members of the FHP who are enrolled in the College of Agriculture are considered part of the Agriculture Honors family and are welcomed guests at meetings and activities of the College of Agriculture Honors Program. Contact with Agriculture Honors faculty and students is encouraged. Agriculture students associated with the Freshman Honors Program are encouraged to consider the benefits of the Agriculture Honors Program and to seek admission as Full Members as soon as they are eligible and have chosen a major within the College of Agriculture. Membership in the FHP is not a prerequisite for admission to the College of Agriculture Honors Program and is not a factor in the acceptance or rejection of applications for such admission.