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UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM
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University Honors Program

Program Overview


The University Honors Program is home to a community of students, faculty, and staff dedicated to academic excellence, artistic creativity, and intellectual curiosity. Members of the Honors Program share a passion for learning, an appreciation of the arts, and a strong involvement in their communities. They pursue knowledge across disciplinary boundaries, try to broaden their intellectual horizon, and seek out engaging experiences that complement their education. Students and faculty in the program are committed to improving themselves, the lives of others, and the state of our world. They study the important issues facing our society and seek innovative solutions to the problems they encounter.

Eligibility

The University Honors Program is open to all continuing URI students with a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher. Transfer students with a GPA of 3.20 from their previous institution and incoming freshmen who graduated in the top ten percent of their high school class are also eligible to enroll in honors courses.
Click here for detailed information about eligibility and enrollment procedures.
Eligible students may take as many or as few honors courses as they wish.

Completion requirements

Students who meet all of the following requirements will receive a notation on their transcript that they have "completed the University Honors Program":
  • maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher,
  • maintain a grade point average of 3.20 or higher in their honors courses,
  • have completed at least one Honors Seminar at the 100/200 level,
  • have completed at leasty one Honors Colloquium HPR 201 or HPR 202,
  • have completed at least one Honors Tutorial at the 300/400 level,
  • have completed at least one Honors Senior Seminar HPR 411 or 412,
  • have completed at least three credits of Senior Honors Project HPR 401 or 402.

    All graduating students who have completed the Honors Program are recognized at the annual Honors Convocation in May.

    Click here for detailed information about the Senior HonorsProject.

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