Penn State Schuylkill Honors Program

The Penn State Schuylkill Honors Program offers students the opportunity to enrich their education by taking honors courses, working closely with faculty on special projects as well as participating in honors-related extracurricular activities and service projects. Students enrolled in the campus Honors Program take seven credits of honors courses each academic year. Schreyer Scholars at the campus complete nine credits of honors courses. Honors credit is awarded for successful completion of honors courses, honors options (honors projects developed with qualified faculty members as part of regular courses), as well as honors independent study courses. These courses fulfill General Education and other curricular requirements, and the honors designation appears on the student's transcript. At the beginning of each semester, Honors students work with their academic advisers as well as the Honors coordinators to develop individualized Academic Plans that include appropriate honors course work. Schreyer Scholars and Honors Program members are entitled to several benefits: registration priority partially-funded domestic and international travel recognition at Penn State Schuylkill's Honors Convocation Eligibility Interested first-year students with a 3.5 or higher GPA will be invited to complete an application to the honors program. Applications will undergo an approval process and students whose applications have been approved will be admitted to the honors program. Interested full-time students who have finished their first semester or year at the Schuylkill campus qualify with a GPA of 3.5 in credit-bearing courses. Interested part-time students who have accumulated at least twelve credit-hours at Penn State qualify with a GPA of 3.5 in credit-bearing courses. Retention To maintain honors status in the Penn State Schuylkill Honors Program, a student must file an Annual Academic Plan by the end of the third week of each semester, complete a minimum of seven (see above) credits of honors work per academic year, and have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.3 at the end of each academic year. Additionally, students must sign and abide by the Honors Code, which is based on the Penn State Principles, and participate in honors advising in order to remain in the program. Penn State Schuylkill Honors Society Schreyer Scholars and members of the Honors Program are also members of the Honors Society. The Society's activities include regular meetings run by elected student officers, visits to major U.S. museums, international travel, campus lectures, and attendance at cultural events. For more information: Dr. Valerie Schrader Penn State Schuylkill Honors Coordinator Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences 204 Nittany II Apartments [email protected] 570-385-6072 Dr. Arturo Zilleruelo Penn State Schuylkill Honors Associate Coordinator Assistant Teaching Professor of English 204 Nittany II Apartments [email protected] 570-385-6276

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