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Undergraduate Honors Concentrations

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Honors Academic and Honors Applied Concentrations

In addition to satisfying the requirements for the engineering physics major, candidates for the honors concentration must also complete the following requirements.

  • First-year courses for honors concentrations in the engineering majors. (Note: Most of the honors requirements are course substitutions for the engineering physics major.)
  • Two upper-division honors courses in engineering physics via Honors-by-Contract or Honors Independent Study. The contract or independent study must be submitted to the Chancellor’s Honors Program by the third week of the semester.
  • A minimum of 3-credit hours of Physics 493 and completion of a written senior thesis under faculty supervision and defended before a committee of three physics faculty members.
  • GPA of at least 3.50 in 300- and 400-level mathematics and physics courses.