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Dec 02, 2024
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2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
The Honors Program
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The Tusculum University Honors Program is designed to provide challenging and engaging educational experiences to talented students committed to academic excellence. Our Honors Program focuses on promoting cross-discipline dialogue between students and faculty. Each participant creates a personalized plan of study that will lead to a unique Honors experience designed to benefit the student’s individual goals. The Program offers distinctive courses including semester-long seminars with talented faculty and gifted peers and self-directed honors projects to encourage students to follow their personal passions. The program is designed to help bright students hone their intellectual abilities and develop strong leadership skills through a variety of cultural enrichment and professional development opportunities within the program and University. As a community of engaged learners, members of the Honors Program are expected to become leaders in their community, raising the level of intellectual debate and civic engagement.
Freshman Admission |
Minimum ACT 27/1260 SAT or PTK Scholar |
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High School GPA 3.0 |
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Sign Scholarship Agreement
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Transfer Admission |
Minimum ACT 25/1200 SAT as Freshman or PTK Scholar |
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Transfer GPA 3.5 |
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Apply to Director of University Honors Program |
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Internal Admission |
Minimum ACT 25/1200 SAT or PTK Scholar |
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Tusculum University GPA 3.5 |
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Apply to Director of University Honors Program |
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Letter of Recommendation from Advisor or Professor |
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Have attended Tusculum University for a minimum of 1 year |
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Remain in Program |
3.5 GPA |
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Opportunity for GPA Improvement |
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Progress in Honors Requirements |
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Can Lose Scholarship or Have It Reduced |
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Can be Removed from Program |
Students must be admitted to the program before declaring the University Honors Minor . The amount of credits the student must take varies upon when the student enters the program. Freshman must take a minimum of 24 credits within the honors curriculum. Transfer students and Internal students (those who enter the program after their freshman year) must take a minimum of 14 credits.
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