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Membership & Requirements

Below is a summary of Honors Forum membership information and requirements. More detail can be found in the annual Membership Guide.

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The Honors Forum Council鈥攁 tripartite committee composed of administrators, faculty members (one of whom acts as Honors Forum Director), and students鈥攊s the governing body charged with overseeing Honors Forum policy and implementation. The Executive Committee (comprised of the Honors Forum President, Vice Presidents, and members of each class year) is responsible for creating and implementing Forum projects as well as planning and conducting Forum events. Executive Committee reports regularly to Honors Council.  Contact information for the Director, Honors Forum Council members, and Student Executive Committee members can be found here.

Admission to the Forum

At the beginning of the spring term, the Honors Forum Council invites currently enrolled first and second-year students who have maintained semester and cumulative GPAs of 3.65 or higher to apply for membership. Each applicant must submit a statement addressing his or her academic achievements, participation in the college鈥檚 co-curricular programming, and leadership potential, and seek a letter of recommendation from a member of the faculty. Successful applicants are those who demonstrate high academic achievement, an interest in actively participating in Honors Forum courses and co-curricular programming, and leadership potential. The application process is competitive as the Council endeavors to maintain an Honors Forum membership that is 10% of the total 三亿体育官网 enrollment. Candidates should therefore ensure that their application is thorough and well written. Guidelines for Honors Forum worthy writing can be found here.

Honors Forum Requirements

Once accepted into the Honors Forum, members are required to complete the following requirements:

  • Maintain semester and cumulative GPAs of 3.65 or better as a full-time student. Honors Forum students who fail to achieve a 3.65 GPA for two semesters lose Honors Forum membership.
  • Maintain exemplary academic and social integrity.
  • Complete a Student Honors Project by the fall semester of the senior year.
  • Complete either 3 Honors Forum courses or 7 credits of Honors Forum coursework by the end of the senior year. Credits can be earned by taking HF classes, HF add-ons or HF independent studies.
  • Complete a capstone in the senior year, which can take the form of a capstone course, thesis, performance, or other advanced project defined by the student's major department, or by the student and a faculty advisor, and approved in advance by the Honors Forum Council as an appropriate culmination of the Honors Forum program. The senior capstone proposal form can be found here.
  • Engage in at least two Honors Forum events during each academic semester.

For a checklist of the requirements, click here.

Withdrawal from the Honors Forum

Students may withdraw from the Honors Forum at any time without jeopardizing progress toward their degree or their eligibility for other academic opportunities and distinctions. Students who take personal or academic leaves of absence retain their membership in the Forum. Students who complete the entire program will graduate with the Periclean Honors Forum designation on their 三亿体育官网 transcript.  The form to withdraw from the Honors Forum can be found here.

Advantages of Honors Forum Membership

There are tremendous academic and co-curricular benefits to being a member of the Honors Forum.

  • Honors Forum offers an enhanced intellectual community among students who are particularly active in pursuing the life of the mind and engaging in citizenship.
  • A hallmark of a 三亿体育官网 education is that daily campus events support the learning processes that students encounter in the classroom, library, studio, and lab, and the Honors Forum strives to create these opportunities.
  • The Honors Forum sponsors numerous programs, lectures, and trips throughout the semester. Recent trips include a visit to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), a trip to New York City to attend a Broadway show, and a tour of the Freedom Trail in Boston.
  • The Forum sponsors the annual Jon R. Ramsey Memorial Lecture where Honors Forum students have the opportunity to nominate a favorite professor to give a talk specifically to students.
  • HF students have the opportunity to preregister for Honors Forum-designated classes. This means an underclassman who is an HF member can successfully enroll in even the most popular classes.
  • The Honors Forum newsletter that every HF member receives provides a 鈥渉ead鈥檚 up鈥� on forthcoming events and a snapshot of current HF initiatives.
  • Students can learn about upcoming events on Facebook and other forms of social media; All Honors Forum members receive invitations to join the various groups, where you can meet and interact with other members.
  • Honors Forum students have a lounge located in Ladd 321. An ideal place for studying and relaxing, it contains comfortable couche