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Your Future
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Unlock your full academic potential by joining the ACU Honors College, where intellectual curiosity meets unparalleled opportunities for growth and success.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is Honors?<\/h2>\n

The Honors College seeks to provide students with the opportunity to go <\/span>deeper<\/b> in their studies and to have <\/span>richer <\/b>experiences than the typical college student. Through Honors courses, colloquia, mentored research, our living learning community, and other programs such as internships, travel grants, and major scholarships, we give our talented students access to the best resources and experiences available.<\/span><\/p>\n

Choose from one of our two Honors designations today.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wessel Hall<\/h5>\n

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Living and Learning Community<\/h2>\n

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Our Honors Living Learning Community in Wessel Hall is an intentional community of belonging, a place to build deep and rich connections for freshmen students.\u00a0 Residents will learn from each other, have fun and serve together, encourage one another\u2019s academic success, and deepen their understanding of themselves and the world they inhabit.\u00a0 Our desire is for Wessel Hall to be a place of holistic integration of head, heart and soul, a place to begin crafting a purposeful life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Learn More<\/p>\n

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Honors Designations<\/h2>\n

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One College. Two Designations.<\/h3>\n

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Honors Scholar is the highest distinction in the Honors College. Honors Scholars receive special recognition in the commencement program and the Honors Scholar notation on their transcript. The major difference between the two is that Honors Scholars must complete a project thesis.<\/p>\n

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Honors Scholar<\/h3>\n

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Honors Scholar is the highest distinction in the Honors College. Honors Scholars receive special recognition in the commencement program and the Honors Scholar notation on their transcript. The major difference between the two is that Honors Scholars must complete a project thesis.<\/p>\n

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In order to gain admission to the Honors College, prospective students must complete and submit a comprehensive application, which serves as a crucial prerequisite for acceptance into Honors. In other words, <\/span>Students must apply and be admitted to ACU before they can apply to the Honors College.<\/p>\n

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Upon admission into the Honors college, students must complete four requirements to achieve the Honors Scholar Distinction.<\/p>\n

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These credits are fulfilled through participation in Honors sections of ACU course or through course Honors Contracts.\u00a0 Honors sections typically fit within the students’ General Education criteria in their degree plan. Honors contracts may be taken in either General Education courses or Majors courses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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All students must take two colloquia to graduate with Honors. These single credit hour courses cover a wide range of topics and change year-to-year.\u00a0 The College Colloquiua Guid is sent out every spring for the upcoming year.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Activity credits recognize students for work they do in research, assistant teaching, grant applications, fellowships and more. To see if an activity qualifies as an activity credit, contact the Honors College advisor. Examples include:<\/p>\n