Undergraduate Honors Concentrations
Honors Academic and Honors Applied Concentrations
Students who complete all requirements for the academic or applied concentrations will be awarded a degree with honors if their cumulative GPA is at least 3.00, their GPA in 300- and 400-level mathematics and physics courses is at least 3.50, and they complete a written senior thesis reporting results of research conducted under faculty supervision and defended before a committee of three physics faculty members. A minimum of 3 credit hours of Physics 493 is required.
Honors Concentration in Engineering Physics
In addition to satisfying the requirements for the engineering physics major, candidates for the honors concentration must also complete the following requirements. (Note: Most of the honors requirements are course substitutions for the engineering physics major.)
- English 118
- University Honors 100
- Five courses chosen from the following six – Mathematics 147, 148; Engineering Fundamentals 157, 158; Physics 137, 138
- 1Two upper-division courses in physics via honors-by-contract or honors independent study
- Completion of a written senior thesis under faculty supervision and defended before a committee of three physics faculty members, with a minimum of 3 credit hours of Physics 493
- GPA of at least 3.50 in 300- and 400-level mathematics and physics courses
1 The contract or independent study must be submitted to the Chancellor’s Honors Program for approval by the third week of the semester.