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    Program Requirements

    To complete the Honors Program, you must fulfill requirements in the following areas:

    • Academics
    • Community & Institutional Service
    • Leadership Development

    Academics

    To earn distinction as an Honors Program graduate, you must maintain an overall 3.2+ GPA, earn the minimum number of Honors credit hours for their degree level, and complete a successful defense of your Honors Thesis.

    Regardless of degree level, you are encouraged to enroll in as many Honors courses as you feel comfortable taking.

    Bachelor's Degree Requirements

    You must complete a minimum of 24 Honors credits. At least three of these upper-division credits can be an Honors Thesis or Capstone project (approved by the Honors Program Director) related to your major. In addition, all incoming students with 30 hours or less are required to complete the HNRS 1000 course within their first 30 hours at UNG, unless they receive exemption permission from their campus director. (Students who enter the program with 60 credits or more are exempt from taking HNRS 1000.) Throughout your time in the Honors program, you will be enrolled in HNRS 1100, a zero credit tracking course that ensures that you remain in good standing.

    Completion of the above Honors credits, along with fulfillment of other criteria for good standing, such as meeting attendance, service hours, and a student leadership position will be recognized on your transcripts by the designation “Honors Program Graduate.”

    Good Standing

    The Honors program strongly encourages you to become involved in service and leadership activities to support your long-term professional, academic, and personal goals. Each semester, you will turn in the Honors Goal Setting Form (Word) to help chart this course. The form consists of three parts, each with its own deadline: Goals, Reflection, and Results. By the end of each year, students will use this form to update their CV and Honors portfolio.

    To maintain good standing in the Honors program and benefit from early registration times, students should ensure they submit each part of the form to their campus director by the following deadlines:

    • Goals: Due September 12
    • Reflection: Due January 30
    • Results: Due April 17

    Honors Goal Setting Form (Word)

    Community & Institutional Service

    Community Service

    Part of being an Honors student is learning to be a responsible, community-conscious adult. One way the Honors Program encourages its members to develop is by getting them involved in community service.

    As part of their community service activities, Honors students can:

    • tutor local public school students
    • host blood drives (in conjunction with LifeSouth)
    • make frequent visits to the local animal shelter
    • participate in Sweep the Hooch to clean up the Chattahoochee River
    • sponsor a Relay For Life team
    • support the Family Promise donation drive
    • help the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity
    • serve the elderly and impoverished through Action, Inc.
    • assist with academic and spelling competitions held on campus

    Institutional Service

    In addition to working in the surrounding community, Honors students have opportunities to serve their campus community by volunteering.

    As part of their institutional service activities, honors students can:

    • help with student activities
    • plan and host academic conferences
    • represent the Honors Program at UNG Open Houses
    • speak with students at NSO
    • assist new students with registration
    • manage various tasks that are crucial to running the Honors Program itself

    Leadership Development

    UNG is recognized as both The Military College of Georgia and a State Leadership Institution. Not only does the Honors Program require leadership activity for completion of the program at the bachelor’s level, but the program mission “emphasizes scholarship as a foundation for leadership and service.”

    Here are just a few of the ways that you can develop as leaders during your time at UNG:

    Serve as a formal Honors Program Mentor

    This opportunity is open to you after completion of your freshman year. As mentors, you will advise and guide a first-year Honors Program student. For more information about this opportunity, please see your Honors Program Director.

    Interdisciplinary Leadership Minor

    Complete the Interdisciplinary Leadership Minor as part of the your academic Plan of Study.

    UNG's L3 Summit

    Participate in UNG’s L3 Summit, an annual four-day leadership camp held each May for college student leaders across the state.

    Serve in the UNG Corps of Cadets

    Learn more about serving in the Corps of Cadets.

    UNG's Student Conference on Leadership

    Participate in UNG’s Student Conference on Leadership, a free one-day event offered by Student Involvement annually (usually in October) for all UNG students.

    President's Leadership Program

    Apply for selection as a participant in the President’s Leadership Program. This program, which comes with a scholarship for those selected, is available to entering associate’s level students at UNG.

    Faculty Contacts

    Royce Dansby-Sparks
    Royce Dansby-SparksProfile page

    Interim Associate Department Head & Director of Honors

    Phone706-864-1492

    Office locationRogers Hall, 314, Dahlonega

    Danielle Hartsfield
    Danielle Hartsfield, Ph.D.Profile page

    Associate Professor

    Phone706-867-2963

    Office locationVickery House, 201, Dahlonega

    Anita Turlington
    Anita Turlington

    Associate Professor

    Phone678-717-3935

    Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4152, Gainesville

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