Honors

To fulfill the Honors curriculum requirements, students must complete 22 credit hours selected from honors courses and honors sections of department courses, subject to the following limitations:

(a) Three of the 22 credit hours must be from one of the following writing courses: HONRS 150, PHIL 150H, or ENGL 150H

(b) A minimum of 10 credit hours must be from the "HONRS" type of course (Honors Program courses)

(c) No more than four credit hours can be from honors sections of religion courses

(d) No more than four credit hours of HONRS 100R, 290R, and 292R can be used to meet this requirement

All BYU students must complete up to 41 credit hours to meet general education requirements and 14 credit hours to meet religious education requirements. Honors options are available for all of the General Education requirements (except the Wellness requirement). Honors 499R (Thesis Credit) does not count as credit for the Honors Curriculum Requirement but can be used as credit for completion of the Thesis Requirement if your major department does not have a 499R undergraduate thesis number.