Graduating with University Honors or Foundation Honors

Colleges & Universities Texas A&M University
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<p>Howdy AGmomx2!</p>

<p>Looks like you found your answer, but just to confirm: students who enrolled before Fall 2012 have the option to complete the Foundation Honors and/or University Honors distinctions (in or out of our program) or the Honors Fellows distinction. The only university-level distinction available for students who enrolled Fall 2012 or later is Honors Fellows.</p>

<p>If you’re interested, there were a number of factors that influenced this change. Among them were:

  1. the multiple distinctions were confusing for students, faculty, and other administrators around campus.
  2. the increasing number of students bringing credit into the university created pressure on a few specific courses (e.g. POLS 207) that were bottlenecks for students completing distinction requirements.
  3. there was a perception from graduating students that the distinctions were not rigorous enough.</p>

<p>So, the Honors Fellows distinction addresses these issues by having simpler, more flexible course distribution requirements, requiring that all credits for the distinction be earned at TAMU, requiring a capstone, and combining the breadth and depth of the former distinctions into a single one.</p>

<p>Hope this is helpful!</p>

<p>Best,</p>

<p>Jon Kotinek
Associate Director
TAMU Honors and Undergraduate Research</p>