{"id":36,"date":"2026-03-17T14:28:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/honors-program\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:18:08","slug":"requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards light-gray-solid blockspacetop blockspacebottom\" id=\"\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17706599333412136\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split5050 hcard-imgright\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h5 class=\"hcard-microtitle\"><\/h5><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">FIRST-YEAR STUDENT HONORS PROGRAM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS<\/h3><h4 class=\"hcard-subtitle\"><\/h4><div class=\"hcard-content\">Students with a 27 ACT or above with 3.5 GPA or above will be invited by UWSP\u2019s Office of Admissions and Recruitment to join the University Honors Program.\n\nAlternatively, students with a 3.7 GPA or above, regardless of ACT score, will be invited to join the University Honors Program.<\/div><div>\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-solid-gold\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.uwsp.edu\/currentcatalog\/academics\/generaleducationrequirements\/bachelordegreegeneraleducation\" target=\"_blank\">GEN ED PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"hcard-images hcard-oneimg\"><div class=\"hcard-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/03\/Student-in-Lab-compress.jpg)\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-accordion blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"accordion\" id=\"\"><div class=\"card-intro\" style=\"text-align:left\"><h2 class=\"h2\">HONORS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"panelcontainer nofirst\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">GPA REQUIREMENTS<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Students need a 3.5 cumulative GPA at the time of graduation in order to complete the University Honors Program. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">COURSE CREDITS REQUIREMENTS<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<p>Students need to complete a minimum of 12 credits in Honors courses.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/02\/Honors.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This brief video<\/a>&nbsp;explains how to locate Honors courses in the upcoming semester.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">HONORS ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY REQUIREMENT<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students will need to complete an enrichment activity on the following list.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Working with an advising mentor to complete an independent research project, or service learning project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completing an academic study abroad program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completing a one-semester internship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completing a semester as a tutor or peer mentor in the Tutoring-Learning Center (TLC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Holding office for one year in an official UWSP club or office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completing a year on the leadership team in Residential Living<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contact the Associate Dean of General Education and Honors to discuss additional opportunities for completing the enrichment requirement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-create-block-uwsp-accordion-section\"><summary class=\"accordion-heading\">STUDENT PRESENTATION REQUIREMENT<\/summary><div class=\"accordion-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students need to take part in the symposium for their major, in which they work with a faculty advisor to present original research or artistic projects to students, faculty, and community members. Symposiums are offered each year. View information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.uwsp.edu\/cnr\/StudentSymposium\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">College of&nbsp;National Resources (CNR)&nbsp;Student Research Symposium<\/a> and information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/sbcb\/school-of-biology-chemistry-and-biochemistry\/undergraduate-research-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">College of Letters and Science (COLS) Student Research Symposium<\/a>. For information about the College&nbsp;of&nbsp;Fine&nbsp;Arts &amp;&nbsp;Communication (COFAC) Symposium, speak with your advisor. The College of Professional Studies (CPS) does not offer an annual student research symposium, so students in a CPS major will need to complete two different enrichment activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to receive credit for the Enrichment activity and Student Research, students should work with their advisor or mentor who will confirm that the project has been completed and submit the paperwork so that the student has received credit toward the University Honors requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/honors-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}