Academic Policies and Procedures

Foreign Language
Honors  Program  students  fulfill  the  general  Fordham  College language requirement.   AP  placement may exempt students from this requirement.  It is  suggested  that  plans  to study abroad include an attempt to learn the language of the country of study, if possible before you go.

Other Fordham College Requirements
Honors  students  are not required to take any of the other Fordham College core curriculum requirements (besides foreign language). Students are required to fulfill their major requirements as outlined by the respective academic department. 

Advanced Placement Credit
AP  credit  is used routinely to place out of Honors Mathematics and Honors Science I and/or II.  Students must have earned a 4 or 5 on the AP exams in question.

Grade Point Average
Honors students receive the special designation, in cursu honorum ('in a course  of  honors'),  on their diplomas.  This is in addition to any other honors earned, such as cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude.  In order to graduate in cursu honorum, a student must have a GPA around 3.5 at the  end  of  senior year.  It is rare that Honors students do not maintain this GPA, though it does occasionally happen.

Study Abroad
Honors students often wish to study abroad for all or part of Junior Year, and  this  is  perfectly fine.  To fulfill one or both of the Junior Honors course  requirements,  there are two possibilities: (a) the student takes a comparable course while abroad, approved by the Honors Director, or (b) the student takes the Junior Year Honors courses upon return in Senior Year.