Belmont's Honor Program preserves this tradition in a formal way. Students request a particular tutor at the end of their first semester. From that time on, the tutor serves as a confidant, counselor, advocate, and guide through the student's academic and vocational pilgrimage at Belmont. Tutors guide the formation of the student's Plan of Study. Students meet with their tutor one hour each week, sometimes in an individual session, and sometimes in a small group.
Students keep a journal of their tutorial assignments and experiences.
During the last year at Belmont, students write a personal credo and discuss it in an exit seminar. Accordingly, all honors students do research, professional projects, and scholarly writing throughout their programs. However, being a Belmont Scholar also requires some degree of specialization. So, all students in the Honors Program are required to write an honors thesis which may include a creative project in their major area. By the end of the junior year, the prospectus must be submitted for approval to the thesis committee and Honors Council.