The honors program sponsors lectures, concerts, symposia, and socials. The students can also participate in intercampus events with honors students from other universities and colleges. Each week during fall and winter semesters the honors program sponsors an honors devotional featuring a religious presentation by a professor or member of the community. Students are invited to participate with the Honors Student Advisory Council, a group of student representatives who assist in policy development, social activities, and academic functions of the honors program. The characteristics that best define honors students are motivation and a strong desire to obtain the most from the educational experience that BYU has to offer.
Honors students seek breadth in their education by taking honors courses outside of their majors.
They excel within their majors by learning how to conduct research and scholarly work within their chosen fields. They usually tend to work harder and spend more time on their course work than other students, not because their courses are more difficult but because they take courses that interest them. They attend concerts, plays, films, lectures, and art exhibitions, and they participate in informal discussions with their professors and fellow students. Because many of their classes are small and discussion-oriented, they are personally acquainted with their professors. They become well-rounded, literate, and humane scholars whose faith in the restored gospel is strong.