Honors College Students
In the College of Arts and Sciences
All students in the College of Arts and Sciences who are also members of the
Honors College have a shared set of opportunities and responsibilities that
come with their "dual citizenship" in both colleges. In their first
and sophomore years of study, Honors College requirements are met by taking
seminars in the Honors College itself (these seminars are identified by the
HCOL prefix). In the junior and senior years, however, Honors College/CAS students
meet their honors requirements by completing a series of courses offered in
the College of Arts and Sciences (these seminars are identified by the HON
prefix).
Requirements for completion of honors program:
- Satisfy the requirements of the Honors College in the first two years
(HCOL 95/96; HCOL 195/196). (NOTE: students admitted to the Honors College
as sophomores
have the first year seminar, HCOL 95/96, waived.)
- Complete one three-credit special topics seminar (HON 195) offered
during one's junior year.
- Complete a one-credit thesis proposal-writing
workshop (HON 101) during the spring term of one's junior year. (This requirement
may be waived
for students
studying abroad during that term.)
- Propose and gain approval of a College
Honors Thesis (or Creative Project). These proposals are submitted to the
College of Arts and
Sciences Committee
on Honors at completion of HON 101 or, for those who are abroad in
the spring of their junior year, early in the fall semester of the
senior
year.
At the
time of the proposal's submission, one must have either (a) a GPA
of 3.4 or higher OR (b) a GPA between 3.20 and 3.39 with a minimum of
three semesters
on the Dean's List (as long as they entered UVM prior to the fall
semester of 2007; students who entered UVM in the fall semester of 2007 or
after
with
GPAs in this range will no longer be eligible to submit thesis proposals).
- Write (or produce) and defend the six-credit College Honors Thesis (or
Creative Project).
- Complete the two-semester, zero-credit Senior Thesis Seminar
(HON 201).
- Fulfill all seven B.A. distribution requirements (regardless
of whether one is seeking a B.A. or a B.S. degree). NOTE: this
requirement
is
for the Class
of 2010 and beyond.
- PLEASE NOTE: HON 95 is no longer required and will not be offered.
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