Honors Program

Honors Program

The UNH Honors Program is designed for exceptionally motivated students who have shown high levels of academic achievement. The university requires every student, regardless of their major, to take a number of core courses in competency areas. The Honors Program offers students an intellectually exciting and challenging way to satisfy many of these core curriculum requirements. Honors courses, which are all team-taught, draw from several disciplines, and students learn to make connections between those disciplines.

Students may enter the Honors Program either as incoming freshmen or at the conclusion of their first year of study. Incoming first-year students with exceptional high school grade point averages and strong SAT scores, particularly on the reading and writing sections, will be invited to apply to begin the Honors Program upon entrance to the university. Students currently at the university and transfer students who have completed at least 24 credit hours with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3 are invited to apply to enter the Honors Program as sophomores. 

Before graduation, all Honors students must complete at least four Honors courses. In their senior year, students research and write an Honors thesis on a topic related to their major under the guidance of a faculty member. Honors students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3 throughout their studies at UNH.

The Honors Program sponsors various events throughout the academic year. All Honors students are encouraged to attend these whenever possible. Students not enrolled in an Honors course during a given semester are required to attend at least two Honors events during that semester.