HONORS PROGRAM

Fordham College of Liberal Studies is unique among major universities in offering an honors program option tailored specifically for adult students. The program enables sutdents who have demonstrated their capability for independent work of high quality to form mentorship relationships with senior faculty of their choosing, and to deisgn projects related to their personal and professional goals.

Criteria
• Students are eligible for nomination after completion of at least 30 credits (which may include transfer credits), and at least four core courses at Fordham with a cumulative GPA of 3.6

• Nominations from among this eligible group are solicited annually from faculty, based upon observed capability for independent work of high quality. An individual faculty member may nominate up to three students

• Nominees are reviewed by the Honors Program Committee and invited by the Honors Program Director to participate

The Program
• Participating students will register for a four credit interdisciplinary honors course, in which they must earn at least a B to continue in the program

• In subsequent semesters, students will seek faculty mentorship for two four-credit Honors Independent Study Projects

• Projects must be in two different disciplines, only one per semester, and none in the semester of intended graduation

• The course or one of the projects may, if appropriate, be counted toward fulfillment of the student's major. None can substitute for a major or core requirement

• While students will earn credit toward their degree for any part of the Honors Program which they complete successfully, all three parts (the course and two projects) must be completed to earn the notation in cursu honorum on the transcript and diploma. In addition, the final cumulative G.P.A. must be at least 3.6

For further information, please contact:
Dr. Bruce Berg - Director, Honors Program
718-817-3957
berg@fordham.edu