Honors in the Individualized Major

• A significant number of individualized majors are in the Honors Program. The Honors Program offers students a learning community of similarly highly-motivated and intellectually-engaged students. It provides students with smaller classes, closer relationships with faculty members, and research opportunities that will prepare them well for graduate school and career opportunities. Students who have not entered the university as Honors Scholars may apply to the Honors Program as sophomores or juniors. Further details are available at the Honors Program website.

  Honors students and prospective honors students applying to the Individualized Major Program should be aware of the following:

  • In order to graduate as an Honors Scholar, you must complete 12 honors credits in your major and of these, 6 must constitute a thesis project.
  • If you are double-majoring, you must indicate in which major you will fulfill your honors requirements.
  • If you are planning to fulfill honors requirements in your other major, please indicate on your double-major worksheet which courses will be honors courses.
  • If you are planning to fulfill honors requirements in your individualized major, you will need to show how you will do so. You should submit a copy of the Honors Scholar preliminary plan of study form with your IMJR plan of study or indicate on your proposed plan of study which courses will fulfill Honors requirements. As you consider which honors courses and honors conversions to include, you will find it helpful to consult with your IMJR faculty advisors and the Honors Directors of the departments most relevant to your individualized major. It is not too early to discuss ideas you may have for a thesis. Detailed information on planning and completing a thesis in your individualized major is available on the “Capstone” page.
  • If you are completing your honors requirements in the Individualized Major Program, the IISP advisor will normally serve as your honors advisor and IISP will be listed as your department.