Are you a high-achieving student who wants to meet challenges and pursue the best possible preparation for your professional career or post-graduate education? Lawrence Technological University's Honors Program may be exactly what you are looking for. It has been specifically designed for highly qualified and highly motivated students like you—students who want an educational experience that will take full advantage of the challenging curricula offered at Lawrence Tech.

The Honors Program Endeavors to...

• Provide you with rigorous academic challenges.
• Enhance your intellectual and social experience.
• Promote your creativity and critical reasoning.
• Enrich your college experience through courses, including interdisciplinary projects, beyond the requirements of your major.
• Develop your leadership potential through academic achievement and service to the University and the community.
• Prepare you to excel in graduate studies.
• Recognize your achievement.

Honors Advantages

• Special summer internships
• Assistance in researching and applying to programs for advanced study
• A designated faculty member as your Honors advisor. He or she will work closely with you to ensure you get the most out of your Honors experience.
• Membership in the Honors Society
• Participation in a substantial Honors Society community service project

The Honors Society

All students admitted to the Honors Program become members of the Honors Society. Convening several times a year, the society sponsors debates; presentations of academic projects; panel discussions; dramatic, literary, or musical performances; and other extracurricular events. The Honors Society can provide you excellent opportunities to grow academically and form lasting relationships with your fellow Honors students and professors.

The Program

Honors classes treat subjects at a deeper, more challenging level, with the aim of enhancing both the quantity and quality of your learning. Honors course work is offered in either stand-alone honors courses, regular classes with an “honors option,” or special sections of standard courses. The Honors Program encompasses 21 credit hours of the core course work required of all undergraduates and nine credit hours of course work in your chosen major. When you have satisfied all applicable Honors Program criteria and University graduation requirements, you will graduate “With Honors” and be recognized at commencement. The Honors distinction will be noted on both your diploma and your permanent transcript.

Eligibility

You are invited to join the Honors Program if you have a 3.5 grade point average or higher in high school and a minimum ACT score of 24 (or equivalent SAT score). The program is open to students in all undergraduate majors. Complete the attached application and return it to the Office of Admissions. If you do not meet the above criteria, you may still be considered for Honors Program membership upon application. You will need to submit an essay describing your goals in the Honors Program, along with a supporting letter of recommendation from one of your high school teachers and the attached application. Involvement in community service and evidence of leadership are also considered important criteria for entry into the Honors Program.

Honors Program Application 

Questions?

For additional information about Honors Program policies and procedures, visit www.ltu.edu/arts_sciences/honors_program/index.asp or contact the College of Arts and Sciences at 248.204.3500.