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Honors Program Requirements

Complete these required courses for UND's Honors Program.

Honors students are expected to maintain a 3.2 GPA throughout their academic career.

Occasionally students dip below that and may petition for an extension to meet this requirement. In addition, students with tuition waivers must maintain this GPA every semester.

Graduation as an Honors Program Scholar (Honors Scholar)

Required 120 credits (36 of which must be numbered 300 or above and 30 of which must be from UND), and twenty-four (24) credits of Honors coursework, including:

  1. One 3-credit freshman Honors class (HON 101 "The Human Experience" or HON 102 "The Leadership Experience."
  2. Traditional Honors seminars (e.g. HON 391 Advanced Colloquium in the Humanities, etc.; minimum of one required), as well as Honors sections of courses offered by other departments (e.g., FA 150HON, PHIL 245HON, LANG 380HON) may count towards the 24 credits.
  3. Up to nine (9) credits of HON 260 Honors Experiences may count toward the 24 credits. (Students are not required to take HON 260.)
  4. One 3-credit Senior Honors Project (HON 489 Senior Project: Honors Research or BIOL 480HON, NURS 453HON, ME 488HON, EE 480HON, GEOE 485HON, FS 499HON, or other Honors-approved capstones).
  5. Maintenance of at least a cumulative 3.2 GPA.

*Note: Particular Honors pathways have been established for Engineering and Nursing students in the Honors Program which may differ from the above requirements. Please contact the Director of the Honors Program for more information.

Students joining after their first semester and with less than 50 credits, including transfer students, would complete the Honors Program’s standard requirements of 24 credits.

Students who join Honors at the sophomore and junior level, planning to complete at least four more semesters at UND and with at least 60 credits completed, including transfer students, complete 12 Honors credits, including:

  1. Honors seminars (e.g. HON 391, HON 382, etc.), Honors credits in other departments (e.g. PSYC 250HON, HIST 253HON, etc.), and HON 260 (repeatable to 6cr)
  2. Minimum of one 300-level Honors Program seminar (e.g. HON 391, HON 382, etc.)
  3. Honors 489 Senior Honors Project (or HON equivalent in Nursing, Engineering, Forensic Science, or Biology)
  4. Maintenance of at least a cumulative 3.2 GPA.

Credit for previous Honors coursework at another institution can be accommodated, with transcript and any other requested documentation provided.

The requirements on this page are pulled from UND’s academic catalog and may not reflect future terms. Updates are published annually in April.

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Essential Studies (ES) is UND’s program in general education. Along with your required major courses, it helps form the core of your UND undergraduate education. Your ES courses focus on essential skills employers require including communication, critical thinking and problem solving.

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