Honors Curriculum Tracks

In an effort to meet each Honors student’s academic goals and circumstances, the Angelo State University Honors Program offers three possible degree tracks. An Honors student may also choose to pursue the Thesis Option and conduct a year-long research or scholarly project.

Each curriculum track and the Thesis Option were developed by an interdisciplinary committee with careful attention being given to degree requirements for every major on campus. Because of this, the Honors Program is a viable option for all majors at ASU.

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Option One Track Requirements (27 Honors credit hours)

1. An Option One Degree Planning Form must be completed with your Honors and departmental advisors.
2. Must complete at least 15 Honors hours in Honors core curriculum courses. Please see the Core Curriculum Requirements Comments.
3. Only six Honors hours may be obtained by taking Honors contract courses. Please see the Contract Comments.
4. Six Honors hours must be within the student’s academic department. Three departmental hours can be substituted by participating in a study abroad program.
5. HONR 3281- Introduction to Honors Research. This course is offered every fall and should be taken during the student’s junior year.
6. HONR 4181- Honors Seminar. This course is offered every spring and should be taken during the student’s senior year.

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Option Two Track Requirements (18 Honors credit hours)

1. An Option Two Degree Planning Form must be completed with your Honors departmental advisor.
2. Must complete at least nine Honors hours in Honors core curriculum courses. Please see the Core Curriculum Requirements Comments.
3. Only three Honors hours may be obtained by taking Honors contract courses. Please see the Contract Comments.
4. Three Honors hours must be within the student’s academic department.
5. HONR 3281- Introduction to Honors Research. This course is offered every fall and should be taken during the student’s junior year.
6. HONR 4181- Honors Seminar. This course is offered every spring and should be taken during the student’s senior year.

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GPHC/NCHC Community College Member Track (27 Honors credit hours; at least 12 hours obtained from ASU) 

1. Eligibility: Students who graduate from a community college Honors Program that is an institutional member of Great Plains Honors Council (GPHC) and National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC). For scholarship and transcript purposes only, students in this track are considered to be Option One students and will receive a scholarship their first semester in the program provided that they have a 3.25 transfer GPA.
2. Honors credit obtained from a community college Honors Program that is a member of GPHC and NCHC will be applied toward satisfying requirements in this track. Please see our Core Curriculum Requirement Comments.
3. At least 12 of the Honors credits required to graduate as an Option One student must be obtained at Angelo State University.  These credits must include HONR 3281 and HONR 4181.
   1. HONR 3281- Introduction to Honors Research. This course is offered every fall and should be taken during the student’s junior year.
   2. HONR 4181- Honors Seminar. This course is offered every spring and should be taken during the student’s senior year

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Honors Thesis Option Requirements

In order to receive the Honors Thesis designation on their transcript, students must complete the following requirements:

1. Work for the thesis project must be submitted as a proposal in HONR 3281.  Students must receive an ‘A’ on their HONR 3281 proposal.
2. An Honors Thesis Initiation Form must be completed before any research toward the thesis is started.
3. Thesis work should span more than one academic semester and be of sufficient contribution to the academic field to warrant acceptance as an Honors Thesis project.  The thesis supervisor will make that decision.
4. The scholarly work must be presented both at Angelo State University and externally.
1. External is defined as an independently organized event that is outside the purview of ASU.
2. Fall graduates may use the Student Research Symposium to present their work at ASU.  Spring graduates may use the Carr Research Symposium (if applicable) or Honors Thesis Symposium to present their work at ASU.
3. Students must present the results of their work in their HONR 4181 class.
5. Formatting for the thesis should follow the current Honors Thesis Manual.
6. An electronic copy of the approved thesis (if applicable) along with a completed Honors Thesis Completion Form must be submitted to the Honors Program according to the schedule below.
1. Fall Graduates – November 30th
2. Spring Graduates – April 30th

Contact Dr. Maurice Fortin, the Honors Thesis Coordinator, for more information.