Engineering with honors college

SEA_tide
Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:54:16 +0000

Unless a student is entering UA with their lower division core curriculum requirements complete or almost complete, it’s typically very manageable for them to complete the requirements for the University Honors Program (UHP). Engineers typically do well in honors courses provided they understand how to manage time commitments and are willing to speak up in what are usually discussion-based classes.

Think of it this way; UHP requires 18 credits, 6 of which need to be from a set of selected UH or IHP courses. Provided a student can complete these 6 credits, the rest of the UHP course requirements can be satisfied via other UH/IHP courses, departmental honors courses, honors by contract courses (limit 2 courses), or graduate (500/600 level) courses. For most UHP students, they complete the requirements after taking 6 honors courses.

Unlike the honors programs at other universities, UA’s Honors College operates more as a facilitating organization for honors students. There’s really no such thing as a “typical” honors student at UA because UA has so many different honors programs and wants all students (with a GPA of 3.3 or higher) to be able to participate in the Honors College if they so desire.

For those parents already preparing for their students’ lives after college, I know many people who found their future spouse through Honors College events.