University Honors

Admission to University Honors is granted by TBHC to qualified incoming freshmen. Students who seek admission to University Honors must apply directly to TBHC. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain the appropriate Honors College admissions information from the TBHC Office of Student Services and follow the procedures necessary to enter the program. Prospective Honors students and their parents are encouraged to contact Honors staff if they have questions.

Qualified students who transfer to UCF with an AA Degree with Honors from a Florida community college that has signed an Honors Articulation Agreement with TBHC will be admitted into University Honors with junior standing. Further information is available from the Honors Office of Student Services.

Students must maintain a minimum 3.2 UCF GPA and a minimum 3.0 GPA in Honors courses to remain in University Honors. In addition to meeting the GPA requirements, to graduate with University Honors the student must:

1. complete 12 hours of Honors lower-division course work¹;
2. complete the freshman Honors Symposium²; and
3. meet upper-division Honors course requirements determined by college or major³.

By the end of the second week of the term in which a student plans to graduate with University Honors, the student must file a completed Intent to Graduate with University Honors form with TBHC and complete an exit interview. A student who completes all of the requirements for University Honors will have the designation of University Honors entered on the diploma and transcript.

Summary Table of University Honors Requirements

The current upper-division³ requirements are as follows:

• University Honors Upper-Division Program Requirements: College of Arts and Humanities, College of Education, College of Sciences, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, and Medical Laboratory Sciences, Engineering Technology, Information Technology, Information Systems Technology and Interdisciplinary Studies majors
1. Complete one Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar³
2. Complete two Honors upper-division courses or Interdisciplinary Seminars³
• University Honors Upper-Division Program Requirements: College of Business Administration
1. Complete one Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar³
2. Complete two Honors upper-division Business courses

BUL 3130H	Honors Legal and Ethical Envir’t of Business
GEB 3356H	Honors Introduction to International Business
MAR 3023H	Honors Marketing
FIN 3403H	Honors Business Finance
MAN 3025H	Honors Management of Organizations
MAN 4720H	Honors Strategic Management

Note: Please refer to the UCF Courses and Descriptions section of this Undergraduate Catalog for information on direct prerequisites for the above courses.

Consult an Honors advisor to find out when these courses are being offered.

• University Honors Upper-Division Program Requirements: College of Engineering and Computer Science Excluding Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems Technology and Engineering Technology
1. Complete one Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar³ outside the student’s department of major (although it may be within the College of Engineering and Computer Science)
2. Complete two Honors upper-division Engineering courses

STA 3032H	Probability and Statistics for Engineers
EGN 3310H	Engineering AnalysisStatics
EGN 3321H	Engineering AnalysisDynamics
EGN 3373H	Principles of Electrical Engineering
EEL 4818H	Machine Learning I
EEL 4817H	Machine Learning II

3. Complete the Honors Engineering Research Seminar

EGN 4931H

Honors Seminar-Research

Consult an Honors advisor to find out when these courses are being offered.

• University Honors Upper-Division Program Requirements: Computer Science majors
1. Complete one Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar³
2. Complete two Honors upper-division Computer Science courses

COP 3502H	Computer Science I
COP 3503H	Computer Science II
COT 3100H	Introduction to Discrete Structures
ENC 3241H	Writing for the Technical Professional

Consult an Honors advisor to find out when these courses are being offered.

• University Honors Upper-Division Program Requirements: College of Health and Public Affairs (COHPA)
1. Complete one Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar³ outside major dept.
2. Complete one Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar³ offered by COHPA
3. Complete an additional Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar³ or three credit hours of independent study

Consult an Honors advisor to find out when these courses are being offered.

• University Honors Upper-Division Program Requirements: College of Nursing
1. Complete one Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar³
2. Complete ZOO 3733H Honors Human Anatomy
3. Complete PCB 3703H Honors Human Physiology

Consult an Honors advisor to find out when these courses are being offered.

• University Honors Upper-Division Program Requirements: College of Medicine excluding Medical Laboratory Sciences majors
1. Complete one Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar³ outside the major
2. Complete two of the following Honors upper-division courses

BSC 3404H	Honors Quantitative Biological Methods
MCB 3020H	Honors Microbiology
ZOO 3733H	Honors Human Anatomy
PCB 3703H	Honors Human Physiology
PCB 3733H	Honors Molecular Biology II

Consult an Honors advisor to find out when these courses are being offered.

¹ When a student has an exceptionally high number of dual enrollment, Advanced Placement, CLEP, or other work that is credited toward GEP hours, he or she should consult an Honors advisor about fulfilling Honors lower-division course work requirements.

² Honors Symposium is a mandatory two credit hour course offered for freshmen in the Fall semester of each year. This course includes guest lectures, video and film presentations, and live performances by guest artists. Freshman Honors Symposium also includes a Service Learning component.

³ An Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar normally is an upper-division offering intended for all majors. Most seminars are teamtaught, and present cutting-edge topics. Enrollments are limited to 20 students.

Acceptable Waivers

Please see the Burnett Honors College website at: http://www.honors.ucf.edu for a listing of acceptable waivers. Students should obtain waivers from the Office of Honors Advising (BHC 107) prior to their participation in the listed programs. Students may only receive one waiver of credit per career.