Once enrolled, students in the Scholars Program must complete the University requirements in English composition and in American history or civil government. They must maintain a 3.25 GPA and complete the specific honors requirements that are set by the department of their major, as well as completing the honors core curriculum. It is important to note that students in this program take the honors core curriculum in place of, and not in addition to, the regular curriculum. This will involve an average of 40 to 50 hours of honors work, depending on the student's specific course of study. Specific information concerning each department's requirements may be found within the individual department's catalog listings.
Many honors classes are small and discussion-oriented.
As a result, students and professors get to know each other well, forming a smaller, highly-motivated, academic community within the larger university community. The Honors Office maintains a scholarship bulletin board announcing all of the various scholarships for which our students might want to apply. In addition, we contact students individually, either through electronic mail or otherwise, if we know that they meet the requirements for a specific scholarship. We also conduct workshops on completing the entire application process for some of the more prestigious post-graduate fellowships such as the Marshall and the Rhodes. These workshops include individual conferences on preparing the application essays as well as a series of mock interviews designed to prepare the students for the kinds of questions they will receive as they proceed through the various levels of the application process.