Departmental Honors Program

There are three categories of honors in exercise science: Honors, High Honors, and Highest Honors.The criteria include both academic performance as evidenced by the student's major GPA within their chosen option*, and a research component fulfilled via the department's honors research program, which includes two courses: Honors Research Seminar (01:377:480 - 3 credits), which students take in the spring of their junior year, and Honors Research in Exercise Science (01:377:481 - 3 credits), which students take during their senior year.

*The specific courses for each option are listed in the Student Majors Handbook and on the Option Checklist provided for each of the four options within exercise science (applied kinesiology, exercise science, exercise physiology; and sport management).

Honors Criteria

Honors:  Either a 3.600 Major GPA or a 3.400 Major GPA + Honors Research Seminar + Honors Research

High Honors:   Either a 3.800 Major GPA or a 3.600 Major GPA + Honors Research Seminar + Honors Research

Highest Honors:  3.800 GPA + Honors Research Seminar + Honors Research

Honors Research Program

To qualify for the departmental honors research program, a student must have attained, by the end of the first semester of their junior year, a cumulative overall grade-point average of at least 3.40 and a grade-point average of at least 3.40 in courses in the option they have selected within the major. By the end of the first semester of the junior year, the student must formally apply to the director of the honors research program for admittance to the program. Accepted candidates must complete the Honors Research Seminar (01:377:480) during the spring semester of their junior year when, under the guidance of the seminar instructor, an honors research project is designed and developed. During the fall semester of their senior year, each student approved by the instructor must register for 01:377:481  Honors Research in Exercise Science, be assigned to an individual faculty member, and carry out the research project originally designed in the Honors Research Seminar. Both semesters must be successfully completed and the minimum honors grade-point average must be maintained for a student to receive departmental honors recognition.