Each semester the program offers students the opportunity to participate in specially designed learning communities which associate an Honors Seminar with one or two non-honors courses related by subject and content. The second level of program is Advanced Honors. Ordinarily juniors and seniors are admitted into this portion of the program. Advanced Honors' work continues the goals and ideals of General Honors, except the work is focused in the student's major. Advanced Honors requires that students design and carry out a project in research, or in performance, or in fieldwork, or whatever else would be appropriate to a particular major.
Students share the results of their project with others.
A number of academic programs have developed Advanced Honors opportunities for their students. Students should inquire about the availability of Advanced Honors opportunities in their field of study at the Honors Center. Admission into the Honors Program is automatic for any interested student whose high school average is 92 or above and whose combined SAT score is 1100 or above, or whose GPA is 3.5 or higher. Students who do not meet these standards but who would like to be in the program are frequently admitted after consultation with the Honors Program director. The Honors Program is located at the Redcay Honors Center, in historic Hawkins Hall, rooms 121-123.