Honors Program

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An honors program is available to superior students. Successful completion of the program results in graduation with honors in civil, electrical, mechanical, or naval architecture and marine engineering.

In order to be eligible for the program, a student must have been admitted to the College of Engineering, have junior or senior standing, and must have achieved an overall grade point average of at least 3.2. Approval of the College of Engineering and the Director of the Honors Program is also required.

Participation in a departmental honors program does not increase the total number of hours needed for the completion of a particular degree.

Requirements
To qualify for a bachelor's degree with departmental honors, the student must:

1. Earn a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.5 in the departmental courses, and a minimum overall grade point average of 3.2, and
2. Complete a senior honor thesis, which amounts to a senior level research or design project, equivalent to six hours of degree credit. To complete a senior honors thesis, a student must:
   • Arrange for a faculty member in the relevant discipline to direct the thesis
   • Receive approval from the Director of the Honors Program to register for senior thesis credit
   • Register for the course hours required by the department for a Senior Honors Thesis
   • Give an oral defense of the thesis to a committee composed of the thesis director, a member of the faculty selected by the chair of the department in which the thesis is written, and a representative of the Honors Program

UNO Honors Program
Students interested in the Honors Program should visit the web site of the UNO Honors Program. The mission of Honors is to attract great students to the university, serve them, enrich their undergraduate studies, reward them, and graduate them with future opportunities they might not have had, had it not been for Honors.