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Honors Program Description

SPEA's Honors Program indulges the talents and creativity of SPEA undergraduates who have excelled in the classroom and who are destined for leadership roles in public affairs, public health, and environmental affairs.

The SPEA Honors Program requires students to complete a minimum of 26 credit hours of honors or non-honors course work with at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point average by the end of the freshman year. Students should complete at least one introductory SPEA course by the end of the freshman year and have received a grade of B+ or higher. Eligible introductory courses include SPEA-V 160 (SPEA-V 170 from a regional campus), SPEA-V 161 (SPEA-V 264 from a regional campus), SPEA-E 162 or SPEA-E 272. In all cases, the student must be currently enrolled as a SPEA major or applying (or preparing to apply) for SPEA admission. To maintain eligibility in the program, all students must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 as well as a SPEA GPA of 3.5. All SPEA majors with at least a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 at the end of their freshman year will be invited to apply for admission to the Honors Program.

On the Bloomington campus, benefits of the SPEA Honors Program include:

Confirmation of a diploma "With Public and Environmental Affairs Honors" notation
Advanced course work and opportunities for in-depth research projects with SPEA faculty
Interaction with like-minded students in the SPEA Honors Program and the Hutton Honors College
Competitively awarded funding opportunities to support academic related travel, research projects, and internships through the Hutton Honors College
Automatic admission to SPEA's prestigious Washington Leadership Program, Scholars in Global Citizenship Program, and IU at Oxford Summer Program
Provisional admission to SPEA's accelerated Master of Public Affairs or Environmental Science or Health Administration degree programs
Counsel from an Honors Program advisor