Departmental Honors

• Departmental Honors
  • Applied Psychology
  • Communicative Sciences and Disorders
  • Educational Theater
  • Media, Culture and Communication
  • Music
  • Nutrition
  • Studio Art
  • Teaching and Learning

Many departments and programs offer talented and highly motivated juniors and seniors the opportunity to take individual honors courses, to enroll in special honors programs that may involve independent research or creative work, or to join honorary societies. Students interested in departmental honors should consult with their department by the end of sophomore year.

Applied Psychology

• Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology
• Senior thesis on faculty-supervised original research

•  Kappa Delta Pi Honorary Society
• Selected seniors co-teach New Student Seminar with instructors

• Selected to direct own theatrical projects
• Research and creative projects with senior faculty
• Collaborative opportunities with faculty at national meetings

Media, Culture and Communication

• Lambda Pi Eta Honorary Society
• Public Relations Society of America
• Senior Honors Seminar for selected students with at least a 3.75 grade point average, culminating in a senior thesis/project based on faculty-supervised independent research

• Special competition and performance opportunities
• Opportunities to undertake independent research under faculty supervision

Nutrition

• National Nutrition Honors Society
• Prestigious internships
• Senior thesis
• Research opportunities with faculty

• Senior Honors Studio: Opportunity to develop an individual body of work with guidance from senior faculty and visiting artists; studio space provided
• Senior Honors Exhibition
• Senior Honors Thesis: A comprehensive, research-based rationale for artistic practice

Teaching and Learning

• Honors Societies: Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Pi Lambda Theta
• Seniors with superior teaching portfolios, practice, and records of service may qualify for departmental honors