Wallace State Community Honors Scholar Program: The college honors program will provide outstanding undergraduates with opportunities to develop intellectual agility and professional honesty in an environment that integrates academics, service learning, and cultural enrichment. Honors Scholars will be a special group of high-achieving students who are seeking an intellectually challenging and creative college experience.

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Guidelines for admission to the Honors Scholar Program

Students must apply and be admitted to the College Honors Program.


INCOMING FULL TIME STUDENTS

OTHER STUDENTS

Dual-enrollment students may be provisionally admitted to the honors program with actual entrance into the program the fall semester that they begin full-time enrollment, provided they continue to meet other admission requirements. Dual-enrollment courses are not eligible for honors designation. Promotion into the honors program may be possible for current full-time students, as space allows, if they successfully complete two honors courses, maintain a 3.5 grade point overall, and submit letters of recommendation. 

Program requirements for graduation as an Honors Scholar 

Honors courses

Students will “contract” for a course to have an “H,” or honors, designation. The Honors Scholar Program Committee, the department head, and the director of the program will develop guidelines and will work with instructors to approve courses and guarantee consistency in honors level credit of courses across the curriculum.

HSP Goals for students: Facilitate closer interaction between students and faculty Provide student-centered courses Assist in recruitment and retention of academically superior students Encourage attendance at culturally enriching events Inspire lifelong learning Endorse service learning in the students’ communities Prepare students for productive careers and successful citizenship Aid in developing intellectual and personal interests Promote development of analytical and critical thinking skills Better prepare the student to transfer successfully to a university   Benefits for honors students: Qualify for College Honors Program tuition scholarship Entitled to WSCC bookstore stipend of $200 per year ($100 per semester). Note: this stipend is contingent upon funding Recognition on transcript of honors classes Acknowledgment at graduation as an Honors Scholar with honors designation and regalia Enhanced opportunities for other Wallace State scholarships and transfer scholarships Capability to thrive in classes that are not harder, but richer and more diverse Personalized course work Personal interaction with faculty Opportunities to attend social and cultural events Preferred hiring for institutional work-study positions Opportunity to build a pre-professional portfolio for applications to four-year colleges or for post-graduate study (scholarships, admission to special programs, advanced standing)