Courses taken in the University Honors Program will fulfill core curriculum or other requirements, allowing students to pursue their own specific degree and study objectives within the honors framework. Students in the program do not take a full schedule of honors courses. Students usually take one or two honors courses each semester. However, all students are expected to take at least one honors course during each academic year of their first two years in the program in order to retain the privilege of priority registration. The evaluation of student work in honors courses neither penalizes nor unduly rewards students for their honors coursework.
Most students perform well in classes they find to be interesting and challenging.
A student may choose one of two options in the University Honors Program. In the Honors Division, each student takes a 3-hour General Honors Survey and 15 additional hours of honors courses. With the approval of the director of the University Honors Program, a student may in exceptional cases substitute an honors thesis for one of these courses. Funds may be available to support research for honors theses. The University Honors Program is located in Temple Tutwiler Hall.