Honors Program

The university Honors program provides a series of challenging courses and extra curricular activities for students who excel academically.  The major goals of the program are (1) to encourage academic excellence and (2) to provide a more challenging academic experience for high achieving students.

 

 

 

Requirements for General Honors

• SAT of 1200 or ACT of 27 or above for entering freshmen.
• GPA of 3.0 for non-entering freshmen and sophomores.
• Minimum of eighteen (18) hours of honors credit.
• Completion of an honors thesis (in the senior year).

Advantages of Membership

• Possible acceleration in completion of general education requirements.
• Enrollment in classes of reduced size.
• Opportunities for the development of leadership skills.
• Recognition on transcript of honors courses successfully taken.
• Certificate of Achievement for successfully completing the program.
• Opportunity for participation in regional and national meetings of Honors Councils.

*Other university conferences may be substituted in part for this requirement.

For more information, please click here:
http://www.famu.edu/HonorsProgram