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Current Student Resources

As an Honors Student, you have access to resources to help you achieve your goals. We want you to be successful and live your best life! Take advantage of the resources that are available to you as an Honors Student. This page contains the Honors Student Handbook as well as many forms including: course contract applications, stacked course applications, academic grant applications, Honors thesis information, and many more resources.

In an effort to make Honors Program forms more accessible, all forms are either Microsoft Forms or fillable PDF forms. Microsoft Forms require you to use your Etown login to complete. Fillable PDF forms should be submitted to honors@etown.edu when completed.

In an effort to make Honors Program forms more accessible, all forms are either Microsoft Forms or fillable PDF forms. Microsoft Forms require you to use your Etown login to complete. Fillable PDF forms should be submitted to honors@etown.edu when completed.

Students who have advising questions about completion of the program requirements should schedule an advising appointment.

Honors Program Schedule and Registration Instructions

Honors courses are restricted only to Honors Program students, determined via Jayweb priority enrollment status. If you have any kind of hold (business office, library, etc.,) you are not eligible to participate in priority enrollment until you take care of the hold.

Students should self-enroll for all Honors courses not required for a major via the Jayweb system.

PRE-ENROLLMENT: Only students whose major REQUIRES a course for which we have an honors section, e.g. HMA 251 Probability and Statistics, may pre-enroll ahead of priority registration.
- If you meet the major criterion to pre-enroll for an honors course, send an email to honors@etown.edu -- not the department assistant nor the professor -- with the following information:
  - Your name, ID number, Major, Class Year, The class you need to pre-enroll for and why
- You should receive a confirmation email within one business day that we have received your request, are verifying your major, and are processing it.

HOLDS: When we send the pre-enrollment list to Registration and Records, if you have a business, advising, library or other hold, registration and records WILL NOT ADD your name to the class roster. Let us know if you have a hold, but you must solve the hold problem before we can re-submit your name.

HONORS STUDENT-CONTRACTED (CONTRACT) COURSES: Student-Contracted (contract) Course applications to change a regular course to Honors level are due to the Honors Program by noon on Thursday of the first week of classes. No exceptions to the Thursday noon deadline will be allowed. If possible, earlier submission by the end of the current semester is strongly urged. Pre-requisites, guidelines, and applications are available on the Honors Program webpage.

PROFESSOR-CONTRACTED (STACKED) COURSES: There are a number of courses that have been approved to offer as a Professor-Contracted (stacked) honors courses listed on the Program's webpage. Once you have enrolled in a course that has been approved for stacking, please visit the Honors Program webpage to find the stacked contract form. As with regular course contracts, the deadline to submit stacked course contracts to the Honors Center is Thursday by noon of the first week of classes (no exceptions).
HONORS ELECTIVE COURSES: When registering for the Honors Elective Courses (Nest 2 courses), please make sure to use the prefixes listed on this schedule card. The prefixes should start with an H, indicating the course is for Honors credit. (ex. HHI 235 vs. HI 235).
NON-HONORS STUDENT/INSTRUCTOR REQUESTS: If there are still openings in Honors courses, beginning on the date noted on the current registration schedule card linked above, qualified non-honors students may add the course with instructor permission. Instructors should forward any student’s request to honors@etown.edu.

Professor-Contracted (Stacked) Courses:

Each semester several non-Honors courses are available for Honors students to complete at the Honors level. These courses are predetermined by the Honors Committee in advance and vary each semester. For info on stacking a course, see the Honors Handbook.

- Links to approved Professor-Contracted (stacked) courses for the Spring 2022 semester:

Student-Contracted (Contract) Courses:

Honors Program students may work with their professor to develop a contract to convert a non-honors course into an honors course. For info on contracting a course, see the Honors Handbook or submit a contract course application.

Study Abroad for Honors Credit:

Students who study abroad for at least six weeks may waive one Honors course requirement or up to 8 credits for one year of study abroad experience. For more information on study abroad, see the Honors Handbook or fill out the Study Abroad for Honors Credit Application.

Honors students are required to work on Honors Thesis projects typically starting in their junior year.

Honors Program Students may fulfill their 4-credit thesis requirement in a number of ways: through Honors in the Discipline (HID), Major/Minor Departmental Senior Thesis courses, or Independent Study (IS). Honors students will indicate which optioin they are using to fulfill the thesis on the Honors Thesis Contract and Proposal Form. Honors Thesis Contracts should have the Honors Program Director’s approval prior to enrolling in any thesis courses. This process cannot be done retroactively because it would invalidate any previously issued official transcripts such as those you send in graduate school, professional school, grant, scholarship, or other applications.

For more information on the Honors Thesis Project requirements and guidelines, please visit the Honors Program Handbook. Below are forms related to Honors Thesis requirements.

Honors students in good standing who have completed 16 credit hours of Honors courses and a 3.50 GPA may apply for academic research grants up to $1,000 total to support research and scholarly activity. For more information on eligible expenses for academic grants, please see the Honors Handbook.

Click here for the Honors Student Academic Grant Application

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Honors Program

Current Student Resources

Forms for Current Honors Program Students

Advising and Registration Information

Professor-Contracted (Stacked) Courses

Student-Contracted (Contract) Courses

Study Abroad for Honors Credit

Honors Thesis Requirement

Honors Academic Research Grants