Honors Foundations Program

• What is the Honors Foundations Program?
  
• Program Requirements
  
• Earning Honors Foundations Credit
  
• Maintaining Good Standing
  
• Completing the Program

What is the Honors Foundations Program?

The Honors Foundations Program is a two-year Honors program designed to enrich students’ first years on campus.

This program is designed for first-time freshmen, and will complement their academic programs in their majors, while fostering community and service in Honors, WVU, Morgantown, West Virginia and the world.

Benefits of the Honors Foundations Program

• Smaller sections of General Education Foundation (GEF) and introductory major courses 
• Access to innovative Honors topics courses  
• Honors classes that focus on enrichment instead of acceleration 
• Inclusion in an Honors community —including Honors housing, peer leadership opportunities and co-curricular programming—designed to make the large campus smaller 
• Priority registration for classes before general population students 
• Honors Advising in your major 
• Peer tutoring and mentoring   
• Recognition at graduation and on your transcript 
• Participation in rewarding community service activities 
• Connections with other Honors students—some of the best and brightest on a world-class research campus

How to Apply

Program Requirements  

To read more about Honors Foundations Program requirements, see the program handbook. 

In order to complete the program, Honors Foundations Scholars must:

• Complete a minimum of five Honors courses and 13 Honors credits

• Maintain a satisfactory GPA (3.5+ Honors GPA and 3.0+ cumulative GPA at program completion)

The Honors Foundations Program is designed to be completed in four semesters. The simplest way to complete the 13 Honors credit requirement is to take your Honors eligible orientation class first semester freshman year (for most students this will be the Honors 298o orientation add-on), and one three-credit Honors course each semester for the student’s first four semesters at WVU. However, there are many ways to earn Honors credit, so individual students may follow a different schedule.

Earning Honors Foundations Credit

Maintaining Good Standing

Students are considered in good standing if they fulfill the following requirements:

After year one:

• Complete at least two Honors courses/ four Honors credits (including orientation) 
• Maintain 3.0+ Honors GPA and 3.0+ cumulative GPA

To extend after year two:

• Complete four Honors courses/ ten Honors credits (including orientation) 
• Maintain 3.5+ Honors GPA and 3.0+ cumulative GPA
• Apply to extend

Completing the Program