College Honors
Each of these highly selective college honors programs combines honors coursework and specialized living and learning, research, and international and intercultural educational benefits and opportunities. The College Scholars Program is, however, uniquely geared to facilitate the student’s fully interdisciplinary, individualized, faculty-mentored academic major. While Chancellor’s Honors students may seek admission to college honors programs, admission to college honors programs typically includes all qualified students regardless of Chancellor’s Honors Program membership.
College Scholars
The College of Arts & Sciences sponsors UT’s oldest, most selective, and most prestigious honors program, the College Scholars Program. With the guidance of a faculty mentor, College Scholars create unique, interdisciplinary majors from among the many majors offered by the College, and they participate in weekly academic and social gatherings designed to nurture the life of the mind. While College Scholars are often members of the Chancellor’s Honors Program, they need not be. Admission to this highly specialized and selective program is open twice annually to qualified UT students of proven academic fit and maturity.
Visit the official College Scholars website to learn more about this path to honors at UT.
Other College Honors Programs
The College of Engineering Honors Program and the College of Business Administration Global Leadership Scholars Program accept their first students in the Fall of 2007. In the former, each of the College’s nine undergraduate engineering majors provides a distinctive honors curriculum, whereas the latter emphasizes study of international business through specialized course work and provides scholarships to support study abroad.
The College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources offers the Honors Research & Creative Achievements Program. This program helps qualified students enhance their research skills, requires the presentation of research, and encourages students to pursue advanced education in their major fields. Honors Research & Creative Achievements Program members also enjoy a range of highly stimulating international learning opportunities.
The College of Social Work also requires of its students the presentation of faculty-mentored, independent research, while the College of Communication & Information and the College of Architecture & Design offer specialized honors course work.
