THE HONORS PROGRAM
The Honors Program offers highly talented and motivated students a four-year, student-centered experience of academic enhancement, cultural enrichment, leadership training, and professional development that stimulates them to reach their full potential and become future leaders. Every aspect of the program provides special opportunities for qualified students to grow intellectually through contact with a community of Honors students and supportive faculty scholars. No matter what a student’s future plans, those who participate in the Honors Program will find that it gives them a competitive edge, preparing them for success in the nation’s best graduate schools and in their future careers. Through Honors, students can get the best education the University has to offer.
Admission to and Retention in the Honors Program
Entering freshmen are invited to join the Honors Program if they have earned a cumulative weighted high school GPA of 3.7 and SAT scores totaling 1,050 or above. All public high school Valedictorians and Salutatorians as well as graduates of the North Carolina School of Science and Math are automatically eligible to join if they score at least 1,000 on the SAT and have a cumulative high school GPA of 3.0. Students with 1,200 or above on the SAT are automatically eligible for the Program as long as they compile a cumulative high school GPA of 3.0. Incoming freshmen who are selected for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program are also automatically eligible to join Honors.
Students already enrolled at NC A&T State University may join Honors if they have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 and have completed at least 12 credit hours of classes. To remain in the Honors Program, students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and take one course for Honors credit each semester.
Program Description
A
student who joins Honors as an incoming freshman has the opportunity to complete
a four year, forty-two (42) semester hour, program of classes distributed as
follows: eighteen (18) hours of General Education classes (English, History,
etc.) taken for Honors credit, six credit hours of low enrollment Honors
Seminars, and eighteen (18) credit hours of Honors-augmented courses in the
student’s major. Completion of the four-year Honors Program requires a senior
thesis or creative project. Students who complete this four-year Honors
experience receive special recognition at graduation and on their college
transcript.
For various reasons, students may not be able to, or want to, participate in the
Honors Program throughout their entire academic career. Accordingly, there are
two tracks within the Honors Program that students can choose from if they
participate in Honors for only a portion of their academic career. These tracks
are:
Track #1: General Honors
The twenty-four (24) credit hour General Honors Program requires eighteen (18)
hours of General Education classes taken for Honors credit and six hours of
Honors Seminars.
Track #2: Honors in the
Major
The Honors Program in the Major requires eighteen hours of Honors-augmented
classes in the student’s major or related courses, six hours of Honors Seminars,
and a senior thesis or creative project.
Students who complete either of the Honors tracks are given special recognition at graduation and on their college transcripts.
Students must earn a minimum grade of “B” in any course taken for Honors credit for it to count towards completing any portion of the Honors Program.
For
more information, contact: Dr. Peter Meyers, Director, The Honors Program, 329
Gibbs Hall, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University,
Greensboro, North Carolina 27411. Dr. Meyers can be reached by phone at (336)
256-0277 or by e-mail at peterm@ncat.edu.