There
are three categories of honors in exercise science: honors, high honors, and
highest honors. The criteria for achieving honors involves academic
performance, as evidenced by the student's major grade-point average (GPA). In
addition, students have the opportunity to participate in the Department of
Kinesiology and Health Honors in Research program (see below) which guides
students through an independent research project.
Honors
Criteria
Honors:
Either
a 3.600 major GPA or a 3.400 major GPA and the three-semester Honors Research
Program
High Honors:
Either a 3.800 major GPA or a 3.600
major GPA and the three-semester Honors Research Program
Highest Honors:
Either a 4.00 major GPA or a 3.800 major GPA
and the three-semester Honors Research Program
Department
of Kinesiology and Health Honors Research Program
To qualify
for the departmental honors research program, a student must have attained, by the
time of application, a cumulative overall GPA of at least 3.0 and a GPA of at
least 3.40 within the major. In the beginning 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 Seminar in Health Science: Research Principles and Methods (01:377:480)
during the spring semester of their junior year. During the fall and spring
semesters of their senior year, each student approved by the instructor must
register for 01:377:481 Honors Research in Exercise Science and will carry out
a faculty-guided research project. All three semesters must be successfully
completed and the minimum honors GPA must be maintained for a student to
receive departmental honors recognition.
