Honors Units are awarded for completing honors-level courses or "contracts."  Honors Contracts must be approved before the start of the academic experience and are monitored by the Honors Board. 

Honors courses and Honors sections

A student earns three Honors Units for completing a three-credit Honors-designated course or honors section on the following conditions:

• Achievement of a final grade of "B" or higher
• Completion of a final exam, paper or project
• Participation in Honors Colloquium

Honors Contracts

Three Honors Units may also be earned by students completing Honors Contracts on the following conditions:

• Achievement of a final grade of "B" or higher in a related course, seminar, independent study, or internship.
• Compliance with the schedule of meeting dates
• Submission of working bibliography, midterm progress report, final evaluation
• Completion of a final paper or project
• Presentation at the Honors Colloquium

To earn distinction as an Honors Program graduate, students must maintain a 3.5 cumulative grade point average, and successfully complete HN 150: The Honors Experience with a final grade of "B" or higher.  Additionally, to earn distinction at the Bachelor's level, students must earn a total of 18 Honors Units.  To earn distinction at the Associate level, students must earn at least 9 Honors Units.

Students who successfully meet all the requirements of the Honors Program will receive a notation on their diploma and transcript and are recognized as Honors Program graduates at commencement. 

Honors Courses are offered in two basic forms: 

•  Multidisciplinary Core Honors Courses

HN 150     The Honors Experience

HN 250     The Evolution of the American Presidency

HN 260     The Holocaust, Genocide, & Human Rights Movement in the 20th Century

•  Honors sections of courses in the regular curriculum

e.g. MG 260 Entrepreneurship - Honors

Each semester, during the registration period, a listing of Honors courses is published and distributed by the Honors Board.