Department of Physics

Honors Program

The Department of Physics offers an honors program designed to provide superior students with a program that offers greater creativity and intellectual challenge. If you wish to participate in this program, you must apply to the department during the spring semester before you plan to enter the honors program. You should have at least a 3.2 GPA overall and at least a 3.2 in physics courses numbered 3000 and above. To graduate with honors in physics, you are required to complete at least two 4000-level PHY courses above and beyond those required by the program.