Departmental Honors
Several departments at the College offer an honors program within the major, to which qualified undergraduates are ordinarily admitted in their fourth semester, with a review for continuation in the program at the end of the sixth semester. Individual departments set the standards for acceptance into these programs. Departments that do not have a separate honors program may offer the award of “departmental honors”, which is conferred upon qualified students at graduation and is based on a certain level of achievement in major courses and in the senior thesis.