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UP TO A REAL INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE? If you’re eligible, Ohio Wesleyan’s Leland F. and Helen Schubert Honors Program offers you the chance to push well beyond your personal boundaries to follow your imagination, your passion to the very boundaries of knowledge, there to explore, discover, and create new ideas.

Participation in the program, which is voluntary, offers many advantages. You can:

  • Tailor your education to your specific needs and interests
  • Pursue advanced topics
  • Master complex analytical and research skills
  • Increase your ability to work independently
  • Widen your career options

And you don’t have to wait for these exciting opportunities. You’ll plunge into Honors Tutorials during your first year, working one-on-one with a faculty member or joining others in small student interest groups; the curriculum is adjusted to reflect your interests. Rigorous coursework and in-depth discussions will hone your analytical, critical, reasoning, and research skills. As you move through the entire Honors Program, which also consists of Honors Courses and advanced sections of existing courses, you’ll take part in advanced seminars and independent studies that propel you to even greater intellectual growth.

You can graduate with University Honors, Departmental Honors, or Honors in Course, all of which demonstrate significant achievement in advanced study.

University Honors requires:

  • Achieving a 3.5 GPA or better in your major
  • Participating in Honors tutorials, independent study, and honors courses
  • Passing a comprehensive exam in your major

Departmental Honors requires:

  • Achieving a 3.5 GPA or better in your major and overall
  • Completing a year-long independent study or an independent study and honors tutorial
  • Writing a thesis and defending it before a faculty committee
  • Passing a comprehensive exam in your major
Honors in Course is available in any course, and is often student initiated.

Location and Contact Information

The honors office is located in Phillips Hall 214, Tel: 740-368-3562 and 740-368-3886, Fax: 740-368-3553.


High School Students Compete for Schubert Honors Scholarships

January 24, 2010
February 7, 2010