Honors Program
Honors Program
General Overview
SUNY Delhi's Honors Program is meant to provide high-achieving students with opportunities to challenge themselves intellectually, to create mentoring relationships with faculty members, and to gain recognition from the college, as well as potential employers and transfer institutions. The Honors Program is open to any SUNY Delhi student matriculated into an associate or bachelor's degree program who has a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher.
Associate Degree Honors Program
SUNY Delhi's Associate Degree Honors Program welcomes students enrolled in any associate degree program (AA, AS, AAS, AOS) who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher in their college coursework or at their high school, if they are entering freshmen. The Program offers the chance to engage in stimulating inquiry while working closely with faculty members. Honors courses have limited enrollment to guarantee quality interactions between students and professors. The courses provide in-depth considerations of a wide range of challenging topics.
The Honors Program designation on a student's transcript reinforces to potential employers or transfer institutions that the student has not only maintained a high GPA, but has done so while taking particularly rigorous courses. Dedicated funds are available for competitive Honors Program scholarships. Students can apply for scholarships after they have completed a minimum of one semester enrolled in SUNY Delhi's Honors Program.
In order to be a member of the Associate Degree Honors Program, students must:
- Achieve and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher.
- Successfully complete 12 credit hours of honors-level coursework over two or more semesters. This can include at least one Honors Independent Study (HONR 290) and one Honors Contract.
- Take at least 6 credit hours (out of the 12 required) of honors seminar courses. The other credit(s) can be obtained through an Honors Independent Study course developed in conjunction with a faculty member, and/or by adding an Honors Contract to a non-honors course.
Students currently enrolled in an associate degree program at SUNY Delhi who wish to join the honors program may complete an application online for the Honors Program. Requests for waivers of course requirements must follow the policies of the Presidential Scholars program.
Bachelor's Degree Honors Program
SUNY Delhi's Bachelor's Degree Honors Program welcomes students enrolled in any bachelor's degree program (BS, BBA, BT, RN-to- BSN) who have achieved a cumulative GPA or 3.3 or higher in their college coursework or at their high school if they are incoming freshmen. The Program offers the chance to engage in stimulating inquiry while working closely with faculty members. Honors courses have limited enrollment to guarantee quality interactions between students and professors. The courses provide in-depth considerations of a wide-range of challenging topics.
The Honors Program designation on a student's transcript reinforces to potential employers or graduate-level programs that the student not only maintained a high GPA, but has done so while taking particularly rigorous courses. Dedicated funds are available for competitive Honors Program scholarships. Students can apply for scholarships after they have completed a minimum of one semester enrolled in SUNY Delhi's Honors Program.
In order to be a member of the Bachelor's Degree Honors Program, students must:
- Achieve and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher.
- Take a minimum total of 15 credit hours of honors-level coursework over two or more semesters.
- Take at least 9 credit hours (out of the 15 required) of honors seminar courses. The other credit(s) can be obtained through an Honors Independent Study course developed in conjunction with a faculty member, and/or by adding an Honors Contract to a non-honors course.
Students currently enrolled in a bachelor's degree program at SUNY Delhi who wish to join the honors program may complete an application online for the Honors Program. Requests for waivers of course requirements must follow the policies of the Presidential Scholars program.
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