Honors Program Track 2, Minor
The honors program serves academically talented and ambitious students who value intellectual growth and want to make the most of their undergraduate education. The program provides students a flexible, challenging, and innovative curriculum that helps them develop academically, personally, and professionally. Students of all majors at UTRGV may join the honors program. In fact, no one particular academic major or career goal is more suited to the program than any other. Membership in the honors program is a privilege and a commitment, but previous graduates of the program have found it a tremendous source of enrichment as they move through and beyond UTRGV into various avenues of success.
The honors program is always interested in students who wish to think big when it comes to their academic and professional ambitions.
Core Curriculum - 42 Hours
Students must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements. The courses listed below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements.
Honors Degree Requirements – 25 Hours (19 advanced)
Honors Core – 16 hours (10 advanced)
Required
Choose one pair:
Support Courses – 9 hours (9 advanced)
Choose 9 advanced honors hours. Honors hours may be satisfied by courses with the HONR prefix, through honors contracts, or by departmental courses whose numbers end in -87 or -88 (e.g., BIOL 1488).
Admission, Progression, and Graduation Requirements, if applicable:
Admission Requirements:
Freshmen with fewer than 15 hours: SAT Score 1670, ACT Score 24, or Top 10% High School Class
Freshmen with more than 15 hours: GPA 3.5 or higher in college coursework (not dual or concurrent enrollment).
Progression Requirements:
3.5 GPA or higher and progress through honors coursework.
Graduation Requirements:
3.5 GPA or higher, completion of all required courses.