The college-wide Honors Program consists of 21 semester hours or seven courses that emphasize the values of liberal learning and are interdisciplinary and multicultural in nature. These seven courses are taken during the Honors students' freshman and sophomore years and partially fulfill the general education requirements.

Honors students are required to take their honors courses in the following sequence:

FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall semester: 2 Honors courses
Spring semester: 2 Honors courses

SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall semester: 2 Honors courses
Spring semester: 1 or 2 Honors courses

JUNIOR OR SENIOR YEAR:

Commonwealth Honors Project--3 credits

(Each course must be passed with a grade of "B" or above. Honors courses cannot be taken pass/fail.)

COMMONWEALTH HONORS PROGRAM
A student in the college-wide Honors Program can become a Commonwealth Honors Scholar by fulfilling the requirements of the college-wide program, maintaining a GPA of 3.2, and completing a three-credit capstone course in the junior or senior year.

Address:

Worcester State College
The Honors Program
486 Chandler Street
Worcester, Massachusetts 01602
Voice: 508.929.8669
Fax: 508.929.8144
Email: lboehm@worcester.edu
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