All students entering the Reaud Honors College are encouraged to work toward becoming Reaud Honors College graduates. Your honors journey will empower you to achieve your maximum intellectual and personal potential in ways that will complement your major and prepare you for a career, graduate school, or wherever your path takes you.

To achieve this prestigious distinction, you must:

• Maintain a 3.5 GPA (unless arrived prior to Fall 2023, then 3.4 GPA) and
• Complete minimum 26 credit hours of honors courses, of which at least eight hours must be:
  • Upper-level honors courses
  • Include at least two Honors Seminars or one Honors Topics course
  • Optional: Up to three hours of research may be eligible as part of your eight hours of upper-level honors courses (cannot count as your HIEP if you choose this option). 
• Participate in:
  • Honors Leadership Community (HLC)
  • At least 40 Honors Experiences over four years, with all experiences reported on your ePortfolio and
  • At least one High Impact Educational Practice (HIEP)

A grade of B or better must be earned in order to receive honors credit for a course. 

With permission of the Reaud Honors College dean, the following courses may be counted for upper-level credit:

• Graduate (5000-level) courses 

A student engaging in honors-type academic activities may receive non-course credit. The amount of such credit may range from one credit hour to no more than six credit hours and will be determined by the dean.