Courses offered for which the professor has formulated an approved honors component. Only the listed courses may be petitioned for honors credit.
An agreement between you and a professor on a mutually designated project that raises an upper-division course (3000 to 4000 level) from regular to honors credit. A graduate course (5000 level) is automatically accepted as honors credit without a contract.
Opportunity to create a course that applies to your degree plan in an area outside the standard curriculum.
Junior Year: Opportunity to pursue in depth an area of study or research that is personally important or intriguing.
You are awarded an O.U.R. Grant to research a topic in your field of study. Your research requires a proposal, presentation and post-grant report.
You earn HNRS H.I.E.P
You take an upper-level course teaching material related to your research project.
You earn HNRS credits by participating in a meaningful project.
A professor specializes in your research topic, yet no formal course is available at LU.
You work with a professor to create a course; you earn HNRS credits for the coursework.
You earn HNRS credits by writing a thesis that combines all of your earlier work:
O.U.R. Research
HNRS Contract Project
HNRS Independent Study