History Departmental Honors

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

To earn Departmental Honors in History, a student must:

1. Be a History or History Teaching;
2. Have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and a departmental GPA of 3.7;
3. Be a member of Phi Alpha Theta history honor society;
4. Disseminate their research publically
   1. by presenting a paper at a national or at local academic conferences (e.g., Phi Alpha Theta Utah Regional History Conference; Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research; Annual Conference of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters; Weber State Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium)
      OR
   2. by submitting an article manuscript to be considered for publication by a scholarly journal,
      OR
   3. by creating a museum or web-based exhibit with the support of a recognized institution of public history.

Students working on their General Education requirements are also encouraged to take General Education courses offered through the Honors Program.

Please refer to the Honors Program  section of the WSU Catalog.