Interested students apply in the spring quarter for places the following year.
Second-year students have the option to substitute an honors contract for an honors course. Third-year students are required to complete two honors contracts and one upper division honors seminar. All students who successfully complete the program receive transcript notation for each year of participation. Lower division departmental Honors courses, special DHC sections of regular courses, DHC seminars, and special studies opportunities constitute the course offerings of the Davis Honors Challenge. A complete list of these courses, with course registration numbers, is made available to admitted students through the Davis Honors Challenge Office.