Information
Director:
Dr. Karen Carey
Honors Program Admission For Prospective Students
Incoming Freshman:
ACT Composite of 30 or higher with high school GPA of 3.5 or higher
ACT composite of 29 with high school GPA of 3.65 or higher
ACT composite of 28 with high school GPA of 3.8 or higher
-High school class ranking within upper 10%
-Written essay read by Honors Committee
-Approved Application for Admission to Northeastern
-Completed Application for Northeastern Honors Program
-Inclusion of all documents required, postmarked by February 1st
Transfer Students and other NSU Students
Honors council procedure for consideration of new transfer students into the NSU Honors Program:
Students requesting consideration are required to submit a letter of
request to the director's office, along with a copy of high school
and all college transcripts, including the most current.
Criteria used to base consideration of acceptance of student should include: ACT score of 28 and GPA of 3.8, or ACT score of 29 and GPA of 3.65, or ACT score of 30 and GPA of 3.5.
Honors Program Curriculum
Freshman and Sophomore Years
General Education Honors Version of basic curriculum classes:
Course
Semester Taken
Freshman Honors Orientation
Fall of Freshman Year
Freshman Composition I
Fall of Freshman Year
American History
Fall of Freshman Year
Political Science
Spring of Freshman Year
Freshman Composition II
Spring of Freshman Year
Speech
Fall of Sophomore Year
Geography
Spring of Sophomore Year
NOTE:
General Education Honors Courses must be taken instead of the regular general education classes, do not enroll in any of the classes listed above unless they are designated honors courses. The only reasons for not taking these courses would be if you have already CLEPed out of them or taken Advanced Placement (AP) tests and tested out of them.
NOTE:
For a complete list of the General Education Requirements click here.
Junior and Senior Years
Each student works with a faculty member within his or her major area of study on a Senior Thesis or Scholarly Activity selected by the student (6 credit hours in major). Thesis or activity will be presented in an honors seminar during the student's senior year.
Standards required to maintain Honors Student Status
Completion of minimum number of credit hours per semester (12)
Maintain minimum GPA (3.25)
Successful completion of required Honors Courses
Criteria for Honors Student Graduation recognition and diploma designation
Completion of total Honors Curriculum
Completion and presentation of Senior Thesis
Graduation GPA (minimum 3.25)
A student who fails to meet these standards for a given semester will be placed on probation the following semester. An Honors Council composed of one faculty member from each academic unit (except the Graduate and Optometry colleges), an Honors Student, the Honors Program Director, and the Dean of Enrollment Management approves courses for Honors designation, responds to student appeals, and serves as a liaison between the academic units and the Honors Program.
Click here to view the Honors Program Handbook
