Exceptions to these policies may be granted only upon written petition to the Academic Standards Board. Students with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 and no unfinished courses on the transcript, and who are not enrolled in the College or elsewhere for both spring and summer half terms or the equivalent , may elect up to eight hours of credit during the summer. A maximum 15 hours of Honors Summer Independent Reading credit may be counted in the 120 credits required for a degree. Any course regularly offered by the College may be elected with departmental approval. Courses elected through this program are not correspondence courses even though the course work is completed off-campus.
Credit earned in the program is considered in-residence credit and earns honor points.
Application forms are available in the Honors Office after March 31 of each academic year.