The most significant benefit of being in the Honors Program is being among other students who enjoy intellectual engagement. However, there are also tangible benefits for participants in the Honors Program:

Honors Undergraduate Research and Travel Grants

Honors students are eligible to apply for Honors Program Research and Travel Grants, given each year to support excellent research by Honors Program students. These grants can be used for project funding, educational travel, academic conference fees, and academic competition fees.

Priority Registration

Students in the Honors Program have the privilege to register for classes following seniors in order to ensure that they will be able to enroll in their first choice courses. This is effective for freshmen when they register for their spring semester.

Opt-Up Course Option

Honors Program students benefit from an enhanced academic experience that fosters deeper and more substantive learning. To this end, Honors Program students have the opportunity to “opt up” within general education. With this “opt-up” option, Honors students may, with approval, choose to substitute a general education course (e.g., PSYC 121, Introductory Psychology) for a more challenging, upper-level course within that same field (e.g., PSYC 431, Stereotyping, Racism, and Prejudice). Allowing Honors students to “opt up” opens doors with respect to the types of courses students can select to take. Instead of taking more traditional survey-level courses that provide breadth but often little depth of content, honors students can garner more opportunities to delve into the depth of a specific field.