Honors Program

克里斯汀·钱尼,博士,董事

SPU大学学者

The SPU荣誉计划 是跨学科的, liberal arts, and seminar-based curriculum designed as an accelerated alternative to the regular 通识教育 program. It requires fewer credits and courses than the regular track but in a challenging, inquiry-based, and inter-connected set of courses that ask our highest-achieving students to go deeper into key questions at the heart of our lives, our faith, and our world. It is also a close-knit community of students and faculty members who gather together weekly for discussions, fellowship, service, and study. 

If you are honors-eligible, you will be 被邀请申请该项目 after you have been admitted to 好的赌博软件推荐. There are currently only 40 spots available every year — and there is usually a waiting list — so if you are interested you should apply to the program as soon as possible. 

  • 荣誉项目 is the accelerated alternative 通识教育 program at SPU.
  • As a University Scholar, you are required to take a USCH特别课程序列.
  • As with the regular 通识教育 track, you must complete the 外语能力, “W,” and “CUE” requirements expected of all undergraduates, along with all three required Foundations courses (UFDN 1000, 2000, and 3100). You must also complete the "Ways of Knowing/Fundamental Science" and "Ways of Knowing/ Quantitative Reasoning" requirements but not any other requirement in the regular 通识教育 curriculum.
  • You must complete a major and have a minimum 180 credits to graduate, including 60 upper-division credits (courses numbered 3000 or above).

程序的特殊功能


  • Every honors student must complete an honors thesis in order to graduate. 在大四的时候, you will enroll in 4 credits of individual scholarly work in a subject related to your major, undertaken with the assistance of a faculty mentor and completed during the senior year (USCH 4960/65). Projects or papers that fulfill this requirement must meet disciplinary standards, discuss the relationship of faith and learning, be approved by the director of University Scholars, and be completed prior to graduation. Honors Projects are given special recognition at Commencement. A maximum of 4 credits is allowed.
  • You are required to maintain a minimum 3.2 GPA 留在计划中.
  • Servant-leadership within the SPU community along with academic excellence are the goals for a University Scholar. Each year, the graduating senior who best exemplifies these values of the program is honored with the Wesley E. Lingren Award, as outstanding University Scholar in honor of the program's founding director. In addition, the rising senior who most exemplifies the ideals of character, conviction, 并且服务被授予 Erin Kimminau Scholar-Servant Award
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毕业要求 

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