Honors Requirements

Students typically take one Honors course during each of their eight semesters at Susquehanna. They must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.4 to remain in the program. Candidates who successfully complete the program requirements graduate with University Honors.

Students participating in the Honors Program must maintain an overall grade point average of 3.4 during each semester at Susquehanna. If an Honors student’s GPA falls below the 3.4 level, the student will receive a temporary suspension from the Honors Program. This suspension stays in effect until the student meets personally with the Honors Program director and discusses his or her current status in the program. Copies of the temporary suspension will be on file with the Office of the Registrar and with the student’s advisor.

First Year

Thought focuses on ideas and their expression while Thought and Civilization is an interdisciplinary look at literature and cultures.

Sophomore Year

Students select either Thought and the Social Sciences or Thought and the Natural Sciences, which are cross-disciplinary views of these two areas. Each of these courses substitutes for a Central Curriculum requirement.

Sophomore Honors students also write and present a research-supported essay investigating topics of their choice. This experience offers students an opportunity to work one-on-one with faculty early in their undergraduate careers.

Junior and Senior Years

As juniors and seniors, students select eight semester hours from a series of 300-level interdisciplinary Honors seminars that fulfill the university’s Central Curriculum requirements or that serve as especially interesting and challenging electives. Seniors engage in a capstone seminar, and each conducts an independent research project.