Wesleyan Scholars Honors Program

The WESLEYAN SCHOLARS HONORS PROGRAM provides motivated students with the opportunity to participate in an Honors Program that will recognize their outstanding academic work and enrich their university experience. The purpose of the WESLEYAN SCHOLARS HONORS PROGRAM is to provide a forum for student-to-student and student-to-faculty exchange of ideas across discipline boundaries, and to affirm the University as a place of informed and reasoned dialogue.

Students who qualify for this program will:

• Participate in either or both University Honors (as a University Scholar) or Departmental Honors (as a Wesleyan Scholar).
  • University Scholars will participate in small seminar classes taught by outstanding scholars in their fields.
  • Wesleyan Scholars will work individually with a professor in their major field to develop a research project that will expand knowledge in their area of interest.
• Upon successful completion of either or both programs the student will receive Honors recognition on their diplomas.
  

The University Honors Program (University Scholars) consists of four (4) two-hour honors seminars taught in consecutive semesters.

University Honors Program:

Fall 2008

Instructor:  Dr. John Hall

WSP 1211                               Predators and Prey: Human and Horse Relationships               

Instructor:  Dr. Brenda Taylor-Matthews

WSP 2211                               Disease and Sickness, Medicine and Public Health:  Putting the Microscope on the History of Humanity’s Battle with Disease         

Spring 2009

    Instructor:  Dr. Bruce McDonald

                               Instructor:  Dr. Linda Carroll                  

Admission to University Honors:

• Freshmen must have an SAT score of 1200 or an ACT score of 24 and a high school GPA of 3.5.
• Students who transfer with fewer than 30 hours may be admitted to the University Honors Program if they have the requisite SAT or ACT scores and a cumulative GPA of 3.5 from the transferring institution.
• Wesleyan students who have completed fewer than 30 hours may be admitted to the University Honors Program if they have attained a 3.5 GPA in their course work at Texas Wesleyan University.
• Students who transfer with 31 or more hours may be admitted to the University Honors Program if they have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 from the transferring institution.
• Students must maintain a 3.5 GPA at Texas Wesleyan to graduate with University Honors.
  

Departmental Honors Programs (Wesleyan Scholars) are open to all Wesleyan students.

• Students are admitted to a Departmental Honors Program with the approval of the faculty of the student’s major program and a GPA in their major of 3.5.
• Students in the Departmental Honors Program must complete six (6) hours of honors credit. The content and requirements of the honors credit are determined by each student’s participating academic department or program. Students in the Liberal Studies Program may earn Departmental Honors (and Wesleyan Scholar status) by completing Departmental Honors credit in at least two different disciplines. A total of 12 Departmental Honors credit hours must be earned between the two selected disciplines.
• All students seeking Departmental Honors must make one public presentation of their honors project/thesis at University College Day before graduation.
• Students must maintain a 3.5 GPA in their major to graduate with Departmental Honors and earn the Wesleyan Scholar designation on their diplomas.