A maximum of 12 honors credits may be awarded for AP or IB courses. Honors sections of regular courses carrying three or four credit hours each. Ordinarily, course designation numbers of JU268H, 269H, 368H, 369H, 468H and 469H are reserved for honors seminars. Many are also cross-listed under other departments.
Topics vary by semester.
Students participate in extra projects or research in a particular course under the supervision of the instructor. The honors project receives a separate grade. Students seeking University Honors credit should apply for departmental honors as specified and simultaneously submit their prospectus to the Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Upon approval of the completed departmental honors projects or creative productions for honors credit by the students' departmental supervisory committees, students in the University Honors Program will be awarded both departmental and University Honors credit. Students are required to present findings in a public forum such as the Undergraduate Research Symposium, scheduled each year in the spring.