Honors Program

Director: (801) 626 6186
Honors Program Coordinator: (801) 626-7591
Administrative Specialist: (801) 626-6230
Location: Stewart Library, Room 324
Website: weber.edu/honors

Honors classes are not harder, just better! We hear this from students in the program all the time. The professors who teach in Honors come from every department and discipline on campus, but they design custom courses for Honors. All of our classes are small, discussion-based, and interdisciplinary. When you take an Honors class, you join faculty and students who think critically and creatively about big ideas and consequential issues. Your learning will be deep and expansive.

Beyond the classroom experience, the Honors Center offers a space to relax and recharge. You’ll find that the staff know you and care genuinely about your success.

We don’t have restrictions on who can join Honors. If you want to learn, you belong. If you want to be challenged intellectually and inspired, you belong. If you want a meaningful college experience, this program is for you

Mission Statement

The WSU Honors Program is a home to all for intellectually curious and academically adventurous inquisitive students, faculty, and staff. Honors Provides supportive, high-quality interdisciplinary experiences for intellectual and affective development, for academic and cultural expansion. We build habits of learning that support and sustain lifelong engagements with complex questions, issues, and ideas.

Entrance and Exit Requirements

Entrance:

A student may enroll in the Honors Program at any time after enrolling at formal acceptance by the Weber State UniversityAdmissions Office and before completion of their final semester. However, in order to take advantage of the many options available, early entrance is recommended. There is not a GPA requirement to join. There are no fees, dues, or pre-requisites.

Exit:

Students must notify their Honors advisor to finalize their Honors contract prior to the fall or spring break of anticipated graduation. Students may view Honors advisors and enroll via the Honors Portal accessible through the eWeber portal or at weber.edu/honors.

Honors Designations

The Honors Program offers three types of Honors designation: Foundation, University and Departmental Honors. Requirements for each are described below.

Foundation Honors

Foundation Honors is available to students earning an associate’s or a bachelor’s degree, with a GPA of 3.3 or above at time of graduation.

Students must successfully complete 10 credit hours of Honors classes. Check out weber.edu/honors/courses for upcoming classes and weber.edu/honors/requirements for requirements. Contact honors@weber.edu for questions.

University Honors

University Honors is available to students earning an associate’s or bachelor’s degree, with a GPA of 3.3 or above at time of graduation.

Students must successfully complete 15 credit hours of Honors classes. Check out weber.edu/honors/courses for upcoming classes weber.edu/honors/requirements for requirements. Contact honors@weber.edu for questions.

Departmental Honors

Departmental Honors is available to students majoring in departments with designated Departmental Honors contracts. Specific requirements for participating departments are found in these contracts. Please see the list of current Departmental Honors contracts and Departmental Honors Advisors.

Official recognition for the completion of an Honors designation is subject to timely finalization of the Honors contract as coordinated by the student and verified by the Departmental Honors advisor, and Honors Program Coordinator.

Recognition of the designation will be made on the graduating Honors student’s transcript and diploma and will also be entered into the university’s commencement program. In the event a student completes Departmental Honors in more than one department, notation of each will be made on the transcript, diploma, and commencement program.

Courses

Honors Course Descriptions