Perks
Honors students may exercise the following special privileges, subject to approval of the Executive Committee.
Audit/Credit conversion.
Students who register to audit a course may change their registration to receive graduation credit and a grade for the class. Such a change must have the agreement of the instructor.
Self-defined Major.
Students may design a personalized major which is different from any of the existing majors defined by the University Catalog. Proposals for self-defined majors are submitted to the Honors Executive Committee for review and approval. Among the criteria by which the Committee evaluates proposals are these: (a) Is the proposed major at least equivalent to existing majors in respect to depth and substance? (b) Has the proposal been reviewed by one or more professors in each of the departments most heavily involved? (c) Can the students provide a cogent explanation of why the existing majors will not meet their needs, while the proposed major will?