Honors Academic Requirements
This is the minimum cumulative GPA required to be in Honors Good Standing.
3.40
These are the three tiers of Honors College graduation distinction
Honors, High Honors, and Highest Honors
This is the minimum number of work hours required to earn Honors credit for a 30hour internship course
240 hours
Only this advisor has the ability to clear you for registration each semester
Primary Advisor
This is the platform that students use to register for Honors-exclusive lectures, workshops, and information sessions.
Honors Network
The Honors College performs GPA checks at the end of these semesters each year.
Fall and Spring
This is the total number of Honors courses required for all three distinction tiers, with at least 3 of them being upper-division
Nine
This is the numbering threshold at which a course is considered graduate level, and thus automatically earns Honors credit without needing to be optioned.
6000+
This is how an advisor is labeled on your SAGE network if they serve as both your Honors Advisor and your Primary Advisor
Honors Primary Advisor
This is the term for the collection of information about your majors, interests, and course progress that Honors staff and students use on the Honors Network
Honors Profile
If you don't take an Honors course for this many consecutive semesters (not counting summer), you may be placed on probation for non-participation.
Two
This is the minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA required for High Honors
3.7
This is the deadline for submitting an Honors Option application, relative to drop/add
15 days after drop/add ends.
These are the days and hours during which Honors drop-in advising is held each fall and spring term
Monday-Thursday, 2-4pm
These are the three types of coursework that you can track your accumulated progress in on the Honors Network
Honors Options, Honors courses, and CURO/thesis courses
While on Honors probation, this is the maximum number of Honors courses you're allowed to register for per semester.
One
These are the three options for completing an Honors Capstone
What are Thesis, Internship, and Graduate Coursework
This is the number of one-credit Honors seminars a student must take to count as one of the nine required three-credit Honors courses.
Three
These are the majors in which your primary advisor is also your Honors advisor
Arts & Sciences, Intended Terry, Intended Grady
This is the term for the kind of learning opportunities -- like internships, research, and mentorship -- that you can explore through the Honors Network
Experiential learning
This is the cumulative GPA threshold below which a student is dismissed from the Honors College immediately, regardless of probation status
3.00
This is where students must go to submit their application for Honors College graduation distinction.
Exit Review tab on the Honors Network
This is the name of the major that allows a student to create their own defined interdisciplinary program of study under the guidance of a faculty mentor
Honors Interdisciplinary Studies major
This is the email that you should contact if you can't attend drop-in hours but have a pressing Honors-related question
honorsadvising@uga.edu
Successfully completing this process on the Honors Network is how you are awarded Honors, High Honors, or Highest Honors graduation distinction