Requirements

The requirements to graduate from the Honors Program include:

• You must complete at least 24 credit hours of honors work.
• You must maintain a cumulative 3.3 or higher IU GPA AND a 3.3 GPA in your honors coursework . If you fall below this level, you will be notified and advised accordingly.
• If your GPA persists at a level below 3.3, academic honors probation will be instituted and participation in the program will be revoked.
• You must stay current with honors credits and complete at least three hours of honors credits each semester.

After successfully completing honors requirements for a course(s), your work will be noted on your official academic transcript. When you graduate, you will also be eligible to wear a special cord with your cap and gown signifying you are an honors student.

For each honors-level course you wish to pursue, you will work with a faculty member to develop an honors contract.

• An independent project employing the research methods taught in a course
• A paper whose references are the primary sources addressed in a course text
• Presenting your independent project or research results to your class or another campus group
• Designing and completing a special project, performance, or product