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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 2009

WSP 1211 Constitutional Controversies: An Exploration of Recent Supreme Court Rulings and the Bill of Rights
Instructor: Ms. Michelle Payne

WSP 2211 Why We Do What We Do: The Interaction of Evolution with Faith, Learning, and Culture as an Exploration for Behavior
Instructor: Dr. Jay Brown

Spring 2010

WSP 1212 African-American Slave Narratives
Instructor: Ms. DeeAnn Day

WSP 2212 Women and Crime
Instructor: Dr. Greg Gullion

 
 

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.