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Benefits
of the Honors Program
Individual Honors Curriculum
Honors
students create their own individualized curriculum in consultation
with their faculty advisor, which provides greater opportunity
for individual development in the student's area of interest.
Scholarships
Undergraduate
Honors and Agriculture-Graduate Combined Scholarships are
awarded to participants whose honors project proposals submitted
to the Honors Committee are deemed most outstanding. These
scholarships are "merit-based" and evaluated on
the basis of the research proposal. The stipend varies based
on the quality of research proposal.
Honors Courses
Students
are requested to schedule honors courses and/or upper division
courses to meet requirements in the GEC section of the honors
curriculum. Generally more than 100 courses are available
throughout the university as honors courses each year.
Individual Advising
Students
are assigned when they first enter the college to a faculty
advisor within the department of major. The advisor and student
then work together in planning the individual honors curriculum
and honors project plan. A project advisor may also be selected
to serve as a mentor for the Honors Project
Priority Scheduling
Honors
program students are given priority scheduling before all
regular category students. The first registration windows
are assigned to those students with an "H" designation. This
priority in scheduling is only a benefit when scheduling early
in the assigned window.
Special Recognition
Students
completing honors courses have these designated on their transcripts
with an "H" before the course. Students who complete
their honors program with at least a 3.5 CPHR and satisfactorily
complete the Honors Thesis and exam will graduate "with
distinction" in their major area of study.
Career Preparation
Students
in the honors program learn to solve problems, communicate
effectively, think logically and analytically, and are self-educating.
Honors program students are likely to be better prepared than
non-Honors students to meet the stiff competition in graduate
or professional schools.
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