Academic Requirements
To remain in good standing and retain the benefits of the Schreyer Honors College, students must meet minimum GPA requirements, honors course and credit requirements, and deadlines for submission of required forms.
First-Year Academic Requirements
Sophomore Academic Requirements
Students staying longer than four years are not required to take more honors credits beyond what is required for the Junior/Senior block. Students completing their degree program in seven semesters must still meet the Junior/Senior block. Students completing their degree program and graduating a year early (in six or fewer semesters) can use their final four semesters as their Junior/Senior block.
First-Year Academic Requirements
- Enroll in and pass English 030 during your first year, preferably during your first semester.
Students who are not native speakers of English may have this requirement modified based on test
results.
- Schedule a First-Year Seminar (FYS), preferably during your first semester; it does not need to
be an honors seminar.
- Students admitted to the SHC Fall 2009 or after must maintain a semester GPA of at least 3.40 and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.40. (Students admitted to the SHC prior to Fall 2009 must maintain semester and cumulative GPAs of at least 3.33.)
- Submit, on time, your adviser-approved AAP. Your first-year AAP is due at the end of the third
week of classes. Your sophomore-year AAP is due in the spring semester.
- Complete at least three (3) honors courses during this academic year (fall/spring/summer) for a minimum of nine (9) honors credits.
Sophomore Academic Requirements
- Students admitted to the SHC Fall 2009 or after must maintain a semester GPA of at least 3.40 and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.40. (Students admitted to the SHC prior to Fall 2009 must maintain semester and cumulative GPAs of at least 3.33.)
- Submit your adviser-approved AAP on time. Your AAP for your junior year is due in the spring semester.
- Complete a four-semester total of six (6) honors courses for a cumulative total of eighteen (18) honors credits (counting honors courses taken in the first year). Remember: You can count all honors courses taken during your first four semesters, including English 030, which was a first-year requirement. For instance, if you took four (4) honors courses for twelve (12) honors credits during your first year, you would only need to take two (2) honors courses for six credits during your sophomore to fulfill the cumulative honors course and credits requirement.
- Start planning for your honors thesis. Your Thesis Proposal Report (TPR) must be submitted one year prior to your intended semester of graduation.
Junior Academic Requirements
- Students admitted to the SHC Fall 2009 or after must maintain a semester GPA of at least 3.40 and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.40. (Students admitted to the SHC prior to Fall 2009 must maintain semester and cumulative GPAs of at least 3.33.)
- Junior entrants to the SHC must file an AAP by the third week of classes during the fall semester. Continuing juniors should have submitted their adviser-approved AAP last spring. The adviser-approved AAP for all juniors for your senior year is due in the spring semester.
- Begin the completion of at least fourteen (14) honors credits required during the junior/senior block.
- Continue implementing your honors thesis plans. Submit a Thesis Proposal Report (TPR)one year prior to your intended semester of graduation.
Senior Academic Requirements
- Students admitted to the SHC Fall 2009 or after must maintain a semester GPA of at least 3.40 and a cumulative GPA of at least 3.40. (Students admitted to the SHC prior to Fall 2009 must maintain semester and cumulative GPAs of at least 3.33.)
- Have on file with the Honors College a current, adviser-approved AAP. File a new one, for your fifth year, if you do not intend to graduate after your eighth semester.
- Have on file with the Honors College an up-to-date Thesis Proposal Report (TPR) approved by the thesis supervisor and the appropriate honors adviser.
- Complete at least fourteen (14) honors credits during the junior/senior block.
- Submit completed honors thesis, with original signatures of all readers by the deadline.
