Liberal Arts Honors

Students pursuing a Plan I Bachelor of Arts degree may qualify for graduation with Honors in the College of Liberal Arts by taking three intensive upper division LAH courses. No application is required, but enrollment in these courses is limited to Plan I students who have earned a cumulative UT GPA of 3.5 and who have completed of 60 credit hours.

To graduate with "Liberal Arts Honors" students must must:

• Take three upper-division LAH 350 or higher numbered courses
• Receive at least two ‘A’s and one ‘B’ in the three courses.
• Have an overall UT GPA of at least 3.5
• Have 60 hours in residence at the University of Texas at Austin

Lower-division LAH courses are restricted to students in the Freshman Honors Program and do not count toward the upper division College of Liberal Arts Honors requirement.

Honors courses offered as part of a Departmental Honors Program do not count toward the upper-division College of Liberal Arts Honors requirement, unless a specific course is cross-listed with an LAH course.

Students who graduate with Honors in the College of Liberal Arts receive a special certificate signed by the Program Director and 'Liberal Arts Honors' will be noted on the student's transcript. A thesis *is not required* to graduate with Liberal Arts Honors. A thesis option is offered for certain students in special circumstances.

Students may graduate with both Liberal Arts Honors and Departmental Honors. Admission to the Liberal Arts Freshman Honors Program is not a prerequisite for College of Liberal Arts Honors.

The Plan II Honors Program is not administered by the Liberal Arts Honors Programs office. Visit the Plan II Program for information about Plan II Honors.