University Honors Minor

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.

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.