Contact Information University Honors Programs University Honors offers promising and highly motivated students opportunities to broaden and enrich their academic experience by providing honors classes in several fields.
Emphasis is on independent and creative thinking, discussion, and exchange of ideas.
Honors courses are usually open by invitation but any student may ask to enroll in one or more courses. Lower division courses typically fulfill Core Curriculum requirements. Most departments require honors students to have a GPA of 3.0 or better. Faculty Instructors in honors are volunteers or are chosen by their departments because of their excellent teaching reputations. All honors faculty members hold doctoral or terminal degrees in their fields.