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HONORS PROGRAM IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Students admitted to the Honors Program in Biological Sciences have the opportunity to participate in special discussion sections of Introductory Biology courses and engage in Honors option projects. Honor students acquire an extra dimension of intellectual accomplishment that comes with independent research project that is a component of the Honors program.

The Honors Program is open to any student with a H.P.A. of 3.3 or higher, or to any student already admitted to the University Honors Program. Graduation with honors in Biological Sciences requires a cumulative overall H.P.A. of 3.3.

Transfer students or other students with a Biological Sciences H.P.A. of at least 3.5 may be accepted into the Honors program. These students are not required to take the Introductory Biology Honors sequence. However, the student will be required to elect other BIO courses required in the Biology program as Honors Option.

The Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Biological Sciences requires 14 honor credits in Biology and at least 10 additional honor credits, which includes an Honors Program Seminar (HON 4200-4998).

The 14 credits hours are comprised of:

  • The Honors Laboratory sections of Biology 1500 and Biology 1510 (4 credits each); If a student does not have Honors in Biology 1500 and 1510 then he/she must take 8 credit hours of Biology courses with an honors option
  • Four hours of Directed Study, which must be BIO 6990 (honors credit)
  • The remaining two credits are satisfied with Biology 6999, the Honors Essay course
Remember: To be awarded an Honors Degree, Student must maintain an H.P.A. of at least a 3.3 in the major, and accumulate 24 honor credit hours.


HONORS PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Year 1: Completion of honors component of BIO 1500 and 1510; meet with the Biological Sciences Honors Advisor, and selection of the student's sponsor.
Year 2: Enroll in Biology 3990 (Directed Study) minimum 2 cr.(max. 4).
Year 3: Continuation of Biology 3990, minimum 2 cr., (max. 4); beginning of Biology 6990 (Honors Directed Study) minimum 2 cr., (max. 4).
Year 4: Completion of one Honors Seminar Course, chosen from Honors 4200-4280, 3 cr.; Biology 6990, minimum 2 cr., (max. 4); Biology 5993, Writing Intensive, (0 cr. taken in conjunction with Biology 6997, Senior Honors Seminar, 2 cr.); Biology 6999 (Terminal Honors Essay, 2 cr.) The Honors essay must be approved by the student's sponsor and the Honors advisor.
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