Undergraduate Catalogue
Honors Program
The Undergraduate Honors Program is a four-year program designed to provide greater challenge and satisfaction to the most academically advanced and intellectually curious students. The top 10 percent of students in each entering class (about 90 students) are invited to participate. Honors courses are limited in size and follow a highly interactive seminar format, with an emphasis on students’ own contributions in written and oral form. Instructors in the honors courses are among the most distinguished teacher-scholars on the Bentley faculty. Students must be enrolled full time and maintain an overall grade point average of 3.3 to remain in the program. Students who successfully complete the program will graduate with university honors, and their achievement will be noted on their transcripts and at commencement.
Honors students take a minimum of nine honors courses (27 credit hours) in the Honors Program. As part of their upper-level honors work, students complete a capstone honors project under the guidance of a faculty adviser in their major or in a related field. Co-curricular activities, designed to foster community and to enrich the student’s cultural and intellectual experiences, will include invited speakers, student colloquia, an on-campus arts series, and trips to the theaters, museums, and innovative businesses for which Boston is internationally famous.
