The College of Arts and Sciences offers an Honors Program that is available to African Studies students who meet the qualifications of the program. The Honors Program curriculum provides special courses through which students satisfy general education requirements and receive intensified learning and research opportunities in the major.

In the Freshman year, Honors Program students enroll in special courses in the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences that supplant similar general education requirements of the college.

As Sophomores, Honors Program students augment their required courses with directed reading courses in their major.

In the Junior year, Honors Program students continue their independent study and conduct research under the guidance of a faculty mentor in addition to completing requirements of their major.

In their Senior year, students write an honors thesis, which is typically a culmination of their research, and present the thesis to their respective departments and the Honors Program prior to graduation.

>> College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program

Students admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences as freshmen are invited to join the Honors Program on the basis of their SAT or ACT scores and high school GPA. The Program seeks capable students who will thrive in an atmosphere of creative learning and intellectual exploration.

Students who do not enter the Program as freshman and transfer students are invited at the beginning of their sophomore year. These students must have at least 30 credit hours and a 3.5 cumulative grade point average. Students may remain in the Program as long as they maintain a 3.2 GPA.