Director: David Tulloch, Waller Hall, Room 104, 848-932-9162 (tulloch@crssa.rutgers.edu)
Interested students first apply for admission to SEBS through the Office of University Undergraduate Admissions. Students who have been admitted and have indicated SEBS on the Rutgers University application form as their first or second choice among the colleges qualify for consideration to the General Honors Program. Invitations to the program are based on admissions ranking within the application year, considering SAT, class rank, cumulative average and student activities. Honors students participate in the four-year program that requires a 1 credit course in the first semester, two interdisciplinary honors seminars and 11 credits of graduated research prior to graduating. In addition, students must graduate the program with a GPA of 3.4 or higher.
The program includes a variety of social and academic activities throughout the year, recommended by both faculty and students in the program. The academic requirements of the program are as follows:
1. First Year: In the first semester, students are registered for an honors section of Exposition and Argument and a 1-credit Readings in Biology course, in addition to the courses they request. Students register for the interdisciplinary honors seminar in the spring semester. The honors seminars are team-taught and integrate formal presentations by faculty and students, reading, discussions, and individual and/or small group research projects. The additional courses selected in the first year will depend upon the curriculum in which the student intends to major. Qualifying students also may be invited by departments to take first-year honors courses.
2. Sophomore Year: Each semester, sophomores register for a 1-credit honors tutorial in which they work with a faculty member on a small independent study project that introduces them to research in their areas of interest. In the spring, sophomores also register for the honors seminar.
3. Junior Year: Students register for at least 3 credits of honors tutorial, an independent study program in which each student works with one faculty member. The remaining courses selected for the junior and senior years are determined by the curriculum in which the student is enrolled.
4. Senior Year: Each semester, students register for a 3- to 6-credit Honors Tutorial (11:554:497,498) or the George H. Cook Scholars Program (11:554:487,488).
In order to remain in the school's General Honors Program and continue to receive the scholarship award that accompanies participation, honors students must (1) enroll as full-time undergraduates and (2) maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.4 or better.
