Foreign Language Departmental Honors

Please contact the Foreign Languages Department for advisement and permission prior to enrolling in Honors courses.

Requirements for Departmental Honors in Foreign Languages:

1. Maintain a GPA of 3.5 in all major classes and an overall GPA of 3.0.
2. Complete at least 6 credit hours of French, German or Spanish on an Honors basis; this may be done in any upper-division course and is part of the 30.5 credit hour major requirement. A written agreement should be reached with the appropriate professor regarding expectations when taking a class as Honors.
3. Complete 3 credit hours of General Honors courses.
4. Complete HNRS 4990 - Honors Senior Project  (3)  – the advisor for this project must be an instructor in Foreign Languages. The project should be shared with other students in a public forum such as the Undergraduate Literature Conference, as undergraduate research or at the department scholarship reception held each spring.

Students who have not completed their General Education requirements are encouraged to take Honors General Education classes.