Honors Program

Program and Course Requirements

As Honors Program participants, students must maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.0 and participate in Honors activities on a regular basis. To graduate in the Honors Program, students must complete fifteen hours of Honors courses with a minimum overall GPA of 3.2. A student who graduates in the Honors Program will receive a notation on their transcripts and may wear an Honors cord at commencement.

Honors Program courses are designed to strengthen analytical and communication skills, to promote independent research, and to facilitate scholarly exchange. Andrew College offers a number of full and embedded Honors courses every semester.

Program Eligibility

To be eligible for the Andrew Honors Program, current and prospective students must:

1. Have earned a college prep high school diploma;
2. Have scored at least 1000 on the SAT with at least a 460 in both verbal and math portions of the SAT or 20 on the ACT;
3. Have an evaluated high school GPA of 3.0 or higher;
4. Be accepted to Andrew College with no conditions;
5. Register for at least twelve semester hours; and
6. Maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher.