2011-2012 Archived Catalog Information

Honors Program

The honors program is designed to challenge the most academically capable students. It will also automatically provide these students with additional preparation for standardized examinations required for graduate school and board certification.

Requirements

To graduate with honors in the department, the student must enroll not sooner than the beginning of the sophomore year, with permission of the departmental honors committee, and must meet the following requirements:

1. The student must maintain a minimum 3.4 grade point average in the mathematics and science requirements required for the major and must also complete at least 15 of these credits at Suffolk University.
   
2. The student must, at the end of the junior year, successfully complete a competency exam administered by the department. The examination covers all technical courses required for the major, taken by the student up to and including that semester. The test consists of problems selected from all of the main topics in each course. A three person honors committee will assist students in preparing for the examination. 
   
3. At the end of the senior year, the student must pass an oral examination administered by the honors committee.