Department of Religious Studies
Departmental Honors
Students on Summer 2024, Fall 2024, or Spring 2025 requirements REL-HON
Requirements
- Honors Tutorial. One (1) course:
- REL-R 399 Reading for Honors
REL-R 399 Reading for Honors
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- Consent of instructor and departmental honors advisor
- Description
- Independent guided reading.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for credit with a different topic.
- Honors Thesis. One (1) course:
- REL-R 499 Senior Honors Essay
REL-R 499 Senior Honors Essay
- Credits
- 1–6 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of departmental honors advisor
- Description
- Guided research culminating in essay(s).
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Major GPA. A Religious Studies major grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.500 is required.
- College GPA. A College grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.300 is required.
Exceptions to and substitutions for honors requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Students who major in Religious Studies and have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.300 are eligible for the honors program in religious studies.