Honors Program
1228 Angell Hall
764-6274
Web site: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/Honors
Professor Ruth Scodel, Director
The College, recognizing its special responsibility to students with
superior ability, has established a four-year program to provide opportunities
for greater depth of study throughout the undergraduate years. Among the
features of the Honors Program are special Honors courses and Honors sections
in regular courses, opportunities to participate in the research projects
of faculty members, or in individual research, faculty-student seminars,
special academic advising, and summer independent reading for academic credit.
Students are admitted to the Honors Program by invitation of the Director,
though inquiries are welcomed from any highly motivated student. Approximately
10% of incoming first-year students are invited into the program, but continuance
is based on academic accomplishment. Students may jointly enroll in Honors
and other LS&A programs, such as the Residential College or the Comprehensive
Studies Program, or in LS&A/Honors and another school, such as Music or Engineering.
Students become candidates for Honors degrees by being admitted to an Honors
concentration program in the junior year.
Most departments and some interdisciplinary programs offer Honors degrees.
Students may also petition the Honors Program for approval of an Honors
Individual Concentration Program (HICP). Honors degree candidates must perform
excellently in courses and must demonstrate ability in original thesis work,
and, in some concentrations, pass a comprehensive examination.
No course elected Pass/Fail will receive the Honors notation on the
transcript or be counted as an "Honors" course for the Sophomore
Honors Award.
Honors concentration programs are described under the relevant departmental
listings in this Bulletin. Information about the Honors Individual Concentration
Program is available in 1228 Angell. Honors sections are identified by the
symbol "H" in the special comments column of each term's edition
of the Time Schedule. The courses listed below represent only a fraction
of those designated for Honors students.
The Honors Program believes that challenging work, including research
opportunities, should be available to superior students from the onset of
their college education. Accordingly, Honors research tutorials are available
in any term by permission of the Honors Office. First-year students and
sophomores elect College Honors 291 and 292 and may serve as research assistants
for faculty researchers, receive instruction in research methods, or participate
in some phase of University or individual research. Comparable courses are
available for juniors (College Honors 390) and seniors (College Honors 490).
Small seminars (College Honors 250, 251, and 252) which enable students
to discuss matters of intellectual substance with a faculty member are also
offered regularly. The topics of the seminars change each term. For details,
consult the Honors Newsletter in 1228 Angell Hall.
Senior Scholarships: Marshall, Rhodes, and Churchill. Students
of high scholastic standing interested in post-graduate study in Britain
should inquire in the Honors Office in the Winter Term of their junior year.
Churchill scholarships are intended for students in science, mathematics,
or engineering and require an early GRE. Application forms and a booklet
containing eligibility restrictions and procedures are available in the
Honors Office.
Courses in College Honors (Division 395)
101(UC 101). Methods of Thinking. (4). (Introductory Composition).
250. Sophomore Seminar. Open to Honors students. (3). (SS).
251. Sophomore Seminar. Open to Honors students. (3). (HU).
252. Sophomore Seminar. Open to Honors students. (3). (NS).
270. Sophomore Seminar on Research Methods. Honors student
and permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). May be repeated for a total
of 8 credits.
290. Honors Introduction to Research. Open to Honors students.
(1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit with permission
of the Honors Program.
291. Honors Introduction to Scientific Research. Open to Honors
students. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit with
permission of the Honors Program.
292. Honors Introduction to Scientific Research. Open to Honors
students. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit with
permission of the Honors Program.
370. Junior Seminar on Research Methods. Honors student and
permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of
8 credits.
390. Junior Honors Research. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT).
May be repeated for credit with permission of the Honors Program.
490. Senior Honors Research. Open to upperclass Honors concentrators.
(1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit with permission
of the Honors Program.
493. College Honors Seminar. Permission of instructor or of
the Honors Director. (1-4). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of 8 credits.