Individual departmental honors programs may establish higher criteria for admission. Students will apply for admission to the Honors Program through their departmental honors committee. Before applying for admission, the student is expected to identify an Honors Program adviser who has agreed to serve as a mentor and to determine a mutually acceptable honors project. Admission is contingent upon the approval of the departmental honors committee and the School of Agriculture Director of Academic Programs. Within the first semester after admission to the Honors Program, the student is expected to develop a plan of study in cooperation with his or her mentor.
Plans of study are to be submitted to the departmental honors committee for approval.
While in the Honors Program, students must achieve minimum 3.0 semester grade indexes. Participants who fail to meet the semester index requirement may continue in the Honors Program upon recommendation of the departmental honors committee and with the approval of the School of Agriculture Director of Academic Programs. Students in the Honors Program must complete a minimum of 30 credits in residence at the Purdue University West Lafayette Campus. Under the direction of his or her Honors Program mentor, the student must complete an honors project of scholarly activity associated with research, teaching, extension, or another area acceptable to the departmental honors committee. A written summary report of the honors project must be submitted to the departmental honors committee for approval.