Admission Requirements

Course Requirements

Any or all of these three required courses may also be used toward a student’s electives in a concentration within the English major, applied as appropriate depending on the course content. 

• ENGL 4750 - English Honors Seminar (3)
• ENGL 4751 - English Honors Thesis Seminar (3)
• ENGL 4752 - English Honors Thesis (3)

Progression Requirements

To continue in the Honors Program, candidates must:

• Maintain a 4.0 GPA in honors courses.

To be awarded honors in English, candidates must:

• Write an honors capstone thesis of “A” quality (i.e., a grade of A for either ENGL 4751  or ENGL 4752 ) as judged by a committee of three readers
• Receive a grade of A in ENGL 4750  
• Achieve a minimum GPA of 3.50 in all ENGL courses
• Achieve a minimum overall GPA of 3.0
• In the semester before graduation, candidates must either present their capstone thesis at an undergraduate colloquium or submit the thesis to an undergraduate journal
• Formally apply and be approved for Honors Candidacy by the Honors College, a process that will be initiated as part of either ENGL 4751  or ENGL 4752  

The honors notation will appear on a student’s official transcript.