Texas A&M University’s Honors Programs offers opportunities for successful and highly motivated students to pursue university-wide academic study that challenges their interests and abilities. Honors in History provides undergraduates majoring in history to participate in honors study. Completion of the requirements for History Honors will satisfy many of the requirements for college-level honors (visit Cornerstone Honors Program), and Launch, the university-level honor program (visit LAUNCH - Honors Programs).
Requirements
To be eligible for the History Honors program, incoming students must have an SAT of at least 1250 (verbal + math, with a minimum score of 570 on each) or a 28 on the ACT (minimum score of 27 each on verbal and math) and need to have graduated in the top 10% of their high school class. Current and potential history majors whose overall GPR at TAMU is 3.5 or above are also eligible. Students pursuing History Honors are eligible for Honors Priority Registration (HPR) each semester provided: 1) they consult with an academic advisor prior to registration, and 2) they continue to maintain a 3.5 GPR.
Honors Credit
To earn History Honors, students will need to complete the following:
- 18 hours of honors classes
Twelve (12) honors hours in History, including at least six (6) hours at the 300/400 level. Students may use 6 hours of Honors Independent Study (HIST 497) leading to a senior thesis toward this requirement. Students choosing this option are exempt from HIST 481. - Six (6) honors hours elsewhere in the degree plan.
- Can you work with an instructor of a non-Honors history course to create an honors attribute? Yes, you can! Please contact the instructor and if agreed, you will construct a contract together that details the additional honors work. You will need to submit the contract to the LAUNCH portal before the 20th class day of the semester.
Recognition and Graduation
To graduate with History Honors, a student must fulfill the History Honors requirements outlined above and graduate with a 3.5 cumulative GPR and a 3.25 GPR in honors courses. After graduation, a student transcript will designate that a student has achieved the distinction of History Honors, any university-wide honors distinctions and/or the College of Arts and Sciences honors distinction the student has completed.
Contact
Ms. Robyn Konrad
Advisor for the Undergraduate History Majors & Coordinator of History Honors
Arts and Sciences, Arts & Humanities Building (LAAH 392)
Texas A&M University, Department of History
College Station, Texas 77843-4236
Phone: (979) 845-5987
Fax: (979) 862-4314 (to the attention of Ms. Robyn Konrad)
Email: robyn-konrad@tamu.edu