LAH Scholars Requirements

Liberal Arts Honors Scholars Certification Requirements:

• Complete LAH 102H The Idea of Liberal Arts, LAH 104H Professional/Career Development, and a first-year honors seminar chosen from LAH 305 Reacting to the Past, E 314L Texts and Contexts, and RHE 309S Critical Reading and Persuasive Writing.
• Complete the second-year courses, LAH 112H The Nature of Inquiry and 103H The Idea of Civic Engagement.
  • All first- and second-year courses must be completed with a B or higher.
• Complete one upper-division course with an experiential learning component.
• Complete one upper-division LAH course (can be combined with the experiential learning requirement above).
• Participate in at least two academic enrichment experiences.
• Complete a capstone project:
  • Thesis;
  • Approved major capstone course; or
  • Substantial written report on one or more enrichment experiences.
• Graduate with a 3.25 or higher GPA.

Liberal Arts Honors Distinguished Scholar Certification Requirements:

• Complete the Liberal Arts Honors Scholar Certification requirements listed above.
• Complete two additional upper-division LAH classes, for a total of three, and graduate with College Honors.
• Graduate with a 3.5 or higher GPA.

Liberal Arts Honors Portal

Students can check towards the Scholars or Distinguished Scholars Certifications in the LAH Scholars Portal. Academic Enrichment hours can be tracked via My Credentials.

*LAH Honors Scholars and Distinguished Scholars certificates are an internal designation and are not transcriptable. However, "Liberal Arts Honors" will appear on the transcript for students pursuing the LAH Distinguished Scholars certification.