Website: honors.villanova.edu
Email: honorsprogram@villanova.edu
Program Location: Garey Hall 106
Telephone: 610-519-4650
About:
Students who are accepted in the Honors Program, upon their admission to the University, have the ability to pursue the Honors Degree. All engineering degree programs have an Honors option. These students have Honors degree requirements. Honors students are advised by an academic advisor in their department, and the Honors Program provides additional advising support.
Academic Requirements:
10 Honors courses
At least four of the 10 courses must be Honors offerings within the College of Engineering. Options are listed below.
- Senior Capstone:
- Second-Semester Capstone Design (taken in conjunction with EGR 4007: Profess. & the Def. of Success (Honors) offered Spring Semester):
- Additional Engineering Course:
- Undergraduate Research (no more than one semester of Undergraduate Research coursework may count):
- Other contracted engineering course (must be approved by professor and Director of University Honors Program prior to the start of the semester)
- Graduate level course (senior year with permission, must be used towards undergraduate degree and may not count towards a graduate degree)
- The remaining six courses can be selected from the following Honors options (H Sections):
- ACS 1000 and 1001
- THL 1000
- THL, ETH, PHI, HUM, HON, and Social Science electives
- Math electives and requirements
- Note that courses taken during study abroad (up to six credits, approved by Director of University Honors Program) may be counted towards Honors requirements.
In addition to completing all course requirements, students must achieve a minimum 3.33 cumulative GPA to earn the Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Honors degree, in their discipline.