The College and the departments collaborate in a Freshman Honors Program which includes the Dean's Freshman Honors Seminar and a departmental Freshman Honors Special Assignment course. The latter may include faculty and/or upper class mentoring, special topics, honors sections, and introduction to research. Students are introduced to their chosen department, its faculty and opportunities available as they progress through their academic program. The Freshman Honors Program will serve as a segue into the Department Honors Programs which eventually can lead to graduation with Honors upon completion of Honors Research and/or an Honors Curriculum in your chosen field of study. To remain eligible to continue in an Honors Program you will be expected to maintain a 3.00 or better GPA.

Selection: First-year students should present a combined SAT of 1360 (31 ACT) and be in the top 5% of their high school graduation class OR present a combined SAT of 1300 (30 ACT) and be in the top 2% of their high school graduation class. The expectation is that a Freshman Honors student is ready for the first course in calculus (MA 161/165) or above and is likely to have advanced placement in at least one science/math course. Dean's Scholars are automatically eligible. Continuing or upper-class students must establish at least a 3.00 GPA to apply for acceptance into the department Honors program.

College of Science Freshman Honors Program:
Dr. Christie Sahley, Associate Dean, 765-494-1729,
sahley@science.purdue.edu

College of Science Upper Division Honors Programs:

Biological Sciences: Dr. Richard D. Howard
Chemistry: Prof. Alex Wei and Dr. B. Cisneros
Computer Sciences: Dr. Buster Dunsmore
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences: Dr. Larry Braile
Mathematics: Prof. Allen Weitsman
Physics: Dr. David Miller, Dr. Sangita Handa
Statistics: Dr. Bruce Craig

University Honors Program

Science Honors Students
have . . .

opportunities to learn and work with outstanding faculty

research opportunities

mentoring by "Science Scholars" from Learning Communities

helpful career guidance

opportunity to graduate with a Honors Degree