Program Requirements
To complete the Honors Program, you must fulfill requirements in the following areas:
To earn distinction as an Honors Program graduate, you must maintain an overall 3.2+ GPA, earn the minimum number of Honors credit hours for their degree level, and complete a successful defense of your Honors Thesis or Capstone Project.
Regardless of degree level, you are encouraged to enroll in as many Honors courses as you feel comfortable taking.
Bachelor's Degree Requirements
You must complete a minimum of 21 Honors credits. At least three of these upper-division credits can be an Honors Thesis or Capstone project (approved by the Honors Program Director) related to your major. In addition, all incoming students with 30 hours or less are required to complete the HNRS 1000 course within their first 30 hours at 91ÁÔÆæ, unless they receive exemption permission from their campus director. (Students who enter the program with 60 credits or more are exempt from taking HNRS 1000.) Throughout your time in the Honors program, you will be enrolled in HNRS 1100, a zero credit tracking course that ensures that you remain in good standing.
Good Standing
The Honors program strongly encourages you to become involved in service and leadership activities to support your long-term professional, academic, and personal goals. Each semester, you will turn in the to help chart this course. The form consists of three parts, each with its own deadline: Goals, Reflection, and Results. By the end of each year, students will use this form to update their CV and Honors portfolio.
To maintain good standing in the Honors program and benefit from early registration times, students should ensure they submit each part of the form to their campus director by the following deadlines:
- Fall 2024: September 16
- Spring 2025: Monday, January 27
- Results: Tuesday, April 15
Community Service
Part of being an Honors student is learning to be a responsible, community-conscious adult. One way the Honors Program encourages its members to develop is by getting them involved in community service.
As part of their community service activities, Honors students can:
- tutor local public school students
- host blood drives (in conjunction with LifeSouth)
- make frequent visits to the local animal shelter
- participate in Sweep the Hooch to clean up the Chattahoochee River
- sponsor a Relay For Life team
- support the Family Promise donation drive
- help the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity
- serve the elderly and impoverished through Action, Inc.
- assist with academic and spelling competitions held on campus