The Honors Program

The Bryan College Honors Program provides academically qualified students alternative methods of instruction and extra-curricular education and cultural opportunities to challenge the students’ intellect and expand their horizons. The Honors Program provides the opportunity to enhance and customize the students’ educational experience through honors classes, advanced research classes, extra-curricular field trips, and a thesis or internship.

In many cases, honors students may also be allowed to modify a regular class for honors credit. Honors classes are generally smaller than regular classes and allow for more interaction with the professor. Honors classes also tend to focus more on reading, research and writing, and somewhat less on quizzes and exams.

Admission to the Honors Program as a freshman requires an ACT of at least 28 or an SAT of 1240, and a high school GPA of at least 3.6. Students who do not meet the requirements as incoming freshmen may be considered at the end of their freshman year if they receive recommendations from two faculty members and a 3.75 GPA.

At least 18 semester hours of honors courses are required. Twelve hours must be upper level honors credits. Of the required 18 hours, one class must be the Honors Contemporary World class and one class must be an advanced research class, a senior thesis, or an internship. Continuation in the Honors Program requires a cumulative GPA of 3.5.