Campus Honors Program
www.honors.uiuc.edu
The Campus Honors Program (CHP) is a small community of exceptional undergraduate students selected from all colleges within the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This program fosters collaborative relationships between students and faculty through seminars and intensive classes, a faculty mentoring system, and many co-curricular events. Completion of the program is noted on your Illinois transcript and at graduation ceremonies.
Admission
Each year, only about 125 new students are enrolled to the CHP as freshmen. Others may apply, from November 1 to February 1 of their freshman year, to join the program at the beginning of their sophomore year. Acceptance is based on extraordinary academic achievement and evidence of creativity, leadership, intellectual curiosity, motivation to excel, and willingness to be an active member of our campus community and the world. We admit students from all colleges within the University of Illinois.
Courses
In addition to forming strong connections with your peers and mentors within the program, you will find intellectual challenges in the CHP’s courses. The CHP’s five required courses are not an alternative curriculum; students can choose from different courses offered each semester. Courses offered for this requirement can be found at www.honors.uiuc.edu.
You can participate in the CHP without conflicts in college or departmental honors programs. Many of our courses fulfill campus general education and departmental honors programs’ requirements. Freshmen and sophomores in the CHP enroll in specialized versions of general education courses and participate in interdisciplinary seminars once they become upperclassmen.
Requirements
To remain in good standing in the program, students must maintain a minimum 3.3 grade point average, successfully complete a total of five CHP-sponsored courses, participate in a specified number of CHP co-curricular events and activities, and conduct themselves with the civility and goodwill befitting a campus leader.
Highlights
Annual events in the CHP include the Scholar Adventurers Series, encouraging informal conversations with student, faculty, and guest presenters; the Honors Convocation, featuring a visit from an accomplished writer; the Krannert Dress Rehearsal Series, providing special access to productions at one of the nation’s premier educational and professional performing arts complexes; and participating in extra-curricular activities initiated and promoted by the Honors Student Council.
Benefits
Acceptance into the Campus Honors Program provides numerous advantages, including enrollment in courses with limited space, often less than 20 students; preference regarding research grants; cultural events and seminars; access to the University’s library stacks which are normally reserved for graduate students and faculty; Chancellor’s Scholar status noted on transcripts; priority registration; and admittance to the Honors House, a student center geared specifically for honors students.