Honors Program

Enrich Your College Experience

What will the Honors Program do for you?

• Broaden your horizons with rigorous academic opportunities and interdisciplinary coursework.
• Build skills and connections with undergraduate research, conference, and presentation experiences.
• Prepare for post-graduation success with an off-campus study experience and a special project or honors thesis.
• Build one-on-one relationships with professors in your major.
• Develop a close-knit community.
• Meet your career goals with professional development opportunities.

Integrated, Interdisciplinary Curriculum 

• The Honors Program core courses encourage you to look beyond the confines of your own discipline to develop a more complex, multidisciplinary perspective. Students take these classes as a cohort with peers majoring in a variety of fields. 
• You complete many of your general education requirements via core courses in the Honors Program while following your regular curriculum with other students in your major.
• The Honors Program core courses count as credits you would need to complete, whether you were in the program or not.

Unique, Funded Off-Campus Study

• You will receive up to $3,000 in funding for an off-campus study experience typically taken in the summer of your junior year.
• You may participate in a study abroad program, an internship, a field study, or other special projects in your major.
• You’ll gain insight into worlds beyond your own. Our students have traveled to Japan, Italy, Germany, Australia, China, Canada, and many other countries or have chosen to stay closer to home, whether traveling to another state or remaining in Michigan.