Are you interested in engaging in an Honors contract (a mini independent project that allows a student to earn Honors credits in a non-Honors course)?

Jan. 6, 2026

The URI Honors Program is seeking faculty interested in engaging in Honors contracts with undergraduate Honors students. Honors contracts are a great way to attract high-achieving and highly motivated students to courses and majors. For students, Honors contracts allow them to tailor their learning in their courses to their own personal interests and goals; they provide opportunities for honors-level work when there are limitations on the number of honors courses offered; and they foster close mentoring relationships with faculty. 

Honors contracts are 20-hour independent scholarly or creative projects that Honors students undertake to be able to earn Honors credits in a non-Honors course. (Note this is not extra credit; it is translating the course credits to fulfill Honors credits requirements.) The project should amplify or expand the course topics and materials, not simply be more work. They require, in general, 3-5 hours of work total on the part of the faculty member. These projects can be individual independent projects (if there is only one Honors student requesting one in a class) or group independent projects (if there are multiple students – up to 3).

Visit the Honors Program’s website on Contracts. 

Completion of the program’s Google Form will place you on a student-facing list of faculty available for contracts. (There is a limit of 3 Honors contracts per faculty member in any given semester.)