The Honors Program in Biological Sciences is designed to introduce outstanding Biological Sciences (SBL) and Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) students to scientific research and to recognize exemplary performance in Biological Sciences.

Students are encouraged to make application for admission to the Honors Program to the Departmental Honors Committee during the spring quarter of their junior year. Admission to the program will begin in their senior year. Students may begin their research any time after their acceptance into the Honors Program.

Requirements for Admission to the Honors Program

(1) Students must have a 3.30 minimum grade point average (GPA) in all academic work, and a 3.30 GPA in all Biological Sciences and cognate (Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics) courses.

(2) Students must identify a full-time faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences willing to serve as their honors research advisor and one additional faculty member in Biological Sciences or another science discipline to serve as a reader for their honors project.

(3) Students will design a research project in conjunction with their honors research advisor.

(4) Students will apply to the Departmental Honors Committee for admission to the Honors Program in Biological Sciences. The committee will accept students for admission to the program if they meet the GPA requirements and their research project, research advisor, and the reader are deemed appropriate.

 

Honors Program Requirements & Recognition Information

Honors Program Procedure For Admission

National Biological Sciences Honor Society - Phi Sigma