Honors Program
Are you a high-achieving student who wants to meet challenges at the highest level 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
• 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.
Honors Society Activities & Photos
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.
Policies and Procedures
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.
Transfer students are not eligible for the Honors Program. Admission of applicants who are dual-enrolled in college courses while in high school will be determined on an individual basis. Consideration is based on the applicant's ability to fulfill the Honors Program curriculum should he or she be awarded transfer credit by Lawrence Tech.
Questions?
For additional information about Honors Program policies and procedures, contact the College of Arts and Sciences at 248.204.3500.
Honors Program brochure and application 