Honors Program University of Michigan-Flint

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The Honors Program consists of a Freshman/Sophomore core curriculum of Honors courses and a Junior/Senior concentration that includes an Off-Campus Study Semester, a Senior Thesis, and a Senior Honors Seminar.

Students completing the entire program are named University Honors Program Scholars and have such recorded on their transcripts and diplomas along with departmental and/or school honors. Students completing the two-year Junior/Senior Transfer Program are named Junior/Senior University Honors Program Scholars and have such recorded on their transcripts and diplomas along with departmental and/or school honors.

The Four-Year University Honors Program

Admission Requirements

Entering freshmen who have been accepted into the University of Michigan-Flint submit a separate application for the Honors Program available online at www.umflint.edu/honors.
Selection is based on a variety of factors including strength and diversity of curriculum and extracurricular activities, a writing sample, ACT/SAT scores, grade point average, and class rank.
GPA of 3.7 or higher and Composite ACT score of 27 or SAT of 1280 or higher are recommended.

Requirements

A. Core Courses

B. Honors Elections/Independent Study

Five Honors Elections or independent study projects.

C. Off-Campus Proposal

HON 494 - Off-Campus Study Preparation (1-3)

D. Off-Campus Study Experience

An off-campus study experience in the student’s major (optional)

HON 495 - Honors Thesis I (Off-Campus Study) (4)

E. Honors Thesis

HON 496 - Honors Thesis II (Senior Honors Project) (4)

F. Senior Seminar

HON 498 - Senior Honors Seminar (3)

G. Foreign Language

The foreign language requirement is fulfilled in one of the following ways:

Completion of the 211 course of any foreign language currently offered at the University of Michigan-Flint.
Completion of a one-credit Honors directed reading course in the language of choice:
FRN 205 - Reading French (1)
GER 205 - Reading German (1)
SPN 205 - Reading Spanish (1)
or
the 205 level of any foreign language currently offered at the University of Michigan-Flint.
Placement out of the 211 course and into a higher-level language course.

The Junior/Senior Transfer Program

Honors GPA Requirements

In order to remain in good standing in the freshman/sophomore phase of the program students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.3.
In order to receive funding to go off-campus, students must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.4.
In order to graduate from the four-year program, students must achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.