<p>The 30 honors credits are not difficult - my student has taken 7 courses in 3 semesters. He is not going for University Honors, but is in his department honors program which also has requirements. He could not get one of the courses he wanted in honors this semester, eventhough he has early sign up privledges ( so do all the honors program students ).</p>
<p>The ‘honors-eligible’ means that you can take honors courses (without being admitted to the University Honors Program) if you meet the criteria of 3.5 GPR. So if you want to sign up you can, you just do so at your regular sign up time. I believe University Honors is competitive like the departmental honors are, so not everyone qualifies to be in the program -this would be the alternate route for your student to take honors courses. On a side note, the honors programs are more than just courses they have other requirements/opportunities so someone who does not want to add that to their workload may opt for just taking honors courses using the honors eligible method.</p>