Graduating with Honors Distinction
Seniors who remain active in the Honors Program with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 for all work attempted at the University, who have successfully completed AWR 101, AWR 201, the math requirement, three Dialectics courses, three Idea Labs, six thesis credits, the thesis defense course, and those who have written and defended that thesis will have completed all Honors requirements and will graduate with Honors Program distinction. “Active” means consistently maintaining the required GPA as well as earning 100 ACE points per year in Academics, Community Service, and Engagement. Graduating with Honors is recognized during commencement, and the students are awarded the prestigious Honors Distinction medallion at a special Honors ceremony.
If students choose to leave Honors, then they transfer to the Spartan Studies requirements to graduate.
If students finish HON 100, all Idea Labs, and all Dialectics but fail to finish the thesis, then they must take these courses:
- UTampa 200- Digital Literacy
- UTampa 201- Career Readiness
- Spartan Studies Core Humanities course - 4 credits
- Spartan Studies Social Science course - 4 credits
- Spartan Studies Visual and Performing Arts Distribution course - 3 credits
- The Culminating Experience
Finishing these three (3) Spartan Studies classes but failing to finish the thesis will mean that the students do not graduate with Honors (but they will graduate with their degree if they meet all other major/Spartan Studies requirements).
HON 253 gives credit for the Spartan Studies Natural Science Distribution requirement. HON 255 gives credit for the Spartan Studies Text-Based Humanities Distribution requirement. HON 257 gives credit for the Social Science Distribution requirement.
Concerning Dialectics: If students have completed HON 220 and HON 230 or HON 240, then they have satisfied the Humanities core requirement for Spartan Studies. If students have completed HON 230 and HON 240, then they have satisfied the core Social Science requirement for Spartan Studies. If students have completed HON 220, HON 230 and HON 240, then they have satisfied the Humanities and Social Science core requirements for Spartan Studies. If students have completed at least 4 thesis credits, those thesis credits satisfy the Spartan Studies Culminating Experience requirement.
There is no Honors equivalency for UTampa 200, UTampa 201, and the Visual/Performing Arts Distribution Requirement.
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