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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 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 consists of Honors Courses, advanced sections of existing courses, independent studies and directed readings, you’ll take part in advanced courses that propel you to even greater intellectual growth.

Graduation with Honors in the Liberal Arts and Sciences requires:

• Achieving a 3.5 GPA or better in your major
• Earning any combination of two units of credit in Honors Tutorials, independent studies or directed readings
• Earning two units of credit in Honors seminars/courses
• Passing a comprehensive exam in your major

Graduation with Honors in Scholarship requires:

• Achieving a 3.5 GPA or better in your major and overall
• Completing a year-long independent study  which culminates in a paper or project of equivalent rigor
• 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. Students earning this designation typically do work beyond the normal course requirements.  Honors in Course does not count for either Graduation with Honors designation.

• Graduation with Honors in Scholarship Proposal (PDF*)
• Honors in Liberal Arts and Sciences Proposal (PDF*)

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.

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