What is a University Scholar?

University Scholars are second semester juniors and seniors who are motivated to get more from their undergraduate educations. Administered by the Honors Program, this highly-selective program offers motivated and academically-talented students a variety of benefits including the flexibility to craft individualized plans of study during their last three semesters. Students select courses as part of a plan of study that enables them to focus on topics, issues, or concerns of particular relevance to their intellectual interests. With guidance from a faculty advisory committee, University Scholars may select curricula that are interdisciplinary or more in-depth investigations in a particular field. Either way, they have more freedom than is possible when following a regular undergraduate plan of study. All University Scholars engage in an intensive, focused university scholar project, culminating in a high-level piece of scholarship or creative accomplishment.

Graduation as a University Scholar is considered the highest academic honor the University bestows on undergraduate students. No more than thirty University Scholars are selected each year.