HONORS PROGRAM

Peter Longo, Director

J. Christensen, Assistant Director

Designed for students of high academic abilities, the Honors Program offers an exciting experience in the liberal arts tradition. Small classes enhance student-faculty interaction and increase opportunities for intellectual exploration. At the same time, this four-year program enriches and supplements all academic majors in the university. It also offers interdisciplinary seminars and an excellent opportunity for independent study. Students will mix with the larger university community and reap the benefits of social and professional variety.

Academic Aspects
The Honors Program offers a four-year program which requires that students complete twenty-four hours of Honors Courses. During the first two years students are required to take five three-hour courses from the General Studies Requirements. During the final two years, students must complete nine hours of Junior/Senior credits taken from their major fields of study.

Admissions criteria

1. First-time freshmen must normally have a minimum ACT score of 26 or above, rank in the top 25% of their high school class and complete a written essay.
2. Upon completing 12 credit hours students currently enrolled at UNK may apply for admission to the program. These students must have at least a 3.5 grade point average, must successfully complete an interview with the Honors Program Committee, and complete a written essay.

Scholarships

1. The Honors Program offers several room waiver scholarships to participants in the Program. Students who remain in the program and in good standing, may hold these scholarships for two years. In addition, the Program offers Merit, Achievement and Honors scholarships. Honors scholarship winners may hold other tuition scholarships as well.
   
2. Two students in each incoming freshman class receive the Omaha World Herald/Kearney Daily Hub Scholarship. This scholarship provides tuition, books, fees, board and room for four years.

Students may participate in the Honors Program without a scholarship.

For additional information contact:

Peter Longo, Director, Honors Program
Memorial Student Affairs Building
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE 68849-0001
Phone: 234-8497

email: longop@UNK.edu

 

11 May 2006
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