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ECU Honors Program

The ECU Honors Program offers motivated students enhanced educational opportunities, smaller class sizes, and tuition fee waivers.

Program Benefits:

  • Honors Classes: Small, discussion-based courses beginning your first semester

  • Priority Access: Early enrollment and housing beginning your second semester

  • Active Student Life: Join the Honors Student Association, one of ECU’s most engaged student groups

  • House System: Be sorted into one of four Honors Houses and compete for the annual House Cup

  • Travel Opportunities: Past trips include Mexico City, New Orleans, New York, Boston, and San Francisco, plus the annual Global Faiths Tour across Oklahoma

  • Research Opportunities: Work one-on-one with professors on a thesis or individualized project in your major

Graduate Success:
Recent Honors graduates have continued on to prestigious graduate and professional programs at institutions such as Stanford, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, and the University of Alabama, among many others.


Admissions Criteria

Incoming Freshmen:

  • Minimum 3.5 GPA

  • ACT score of 24+ or 12+ college credit hours with a 3.5 GPA

  • Interview required

Continuing/Transfer Students:

  • Minimum 3.3 GPA

  • Two faculty recommendations

To apply today, follow the links below:

 

ECU Honors Program Applications
First-year Students 

Continuing Students (PDF)

Transfer Students 

Frequently Asked Questions 

 

Honors Program Resources

Honors Project Proposal Form

Honors Thesis Proposal Form

Engagement Honors Proposal Form: Internship

Honors Newsletters

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