Honors in General Education
Benefits of Honors in GE Entering Honors in General Education as a Freshman Admission as a Transfer, Re-Entry, or Currently Enrolled Student
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If you enter the Honors Program in General Education as a freshman, you have several options for your honors work:
- You can enroll in individual honors classes.
Every semester the program offers approximately fifteen different
honors classes from a wide range of departments across the university.
You get to choose among these courses to fulfill some of your General
Education Requirements.
- You
can participate as an honors student in the Freshman General Studies
Thematic, an interdisciplinary, team-taught program that in one year
satisfies 33 units of the General Education requirement. (For more
information on the Freshman GST, click here.)
- If
you plan to become an elementary school teacher, you can participate as
an honors student in the Liberal Studies Integrated Teacher CORE, a
blended program that combines the B.A. in Liberal Studies and the
Multiple Subject Credential Program for elementary school teachers.
(For more information on the Integrated Teacher CORE, click here). To view the Liberal Studies Newsletter click here.
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Honors
in General Education (HGE) offers you the opportunity to work closely
with some of our best professors in small, specially designed general
education courses. These classes provide lively and innovative
experiences designed to fuel your interests.
It
is in this small community of scholars that a true learning partnership
can grow, giving you an opportunity to get to know and work with other
motivated students who will become your friends and faculty who will
become your mentors. You become part of a vital learning community that
comes together in the classroom as well as outside for social and
educational events. The Honors in General Education Program provides
you with a comfortable place to go within the larger university, a home
base that is friendly and supportive.
For
the Honors in General Education program (HGE), you complete a portion
of your general education requirements by enrolling in special honors
sections of general education classes. While in the program, you
benefit from priority registration for all of your classes, and
successful completion of the program is prominently noted on your
diploma and transcripts.
For more information, use the links on the left to navigate the website. Please also read our short brochure, available in PDF format.
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If
you are transferring to the university you will need a 3.3 or higher
GPA in your transferable course work to apply to the program. If you
are already enrolled in the university, you may join the Honors Program
prior to completing your lower division general education course work.
You must have at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA.
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