History Honors Degree (B.A.)

Program: B.A. Honors
Department of History
School of Arts and Sciences

Classroom-Medical Building 209 ~ 260-481-6686 ~ www.ipfw.edu/hist

As an entering student, you become eligible for this honors program by scoring above 600 on the SAT I verbal test or the CEEB history achievement test; thereafter, you must have a GPA of 3.25 or higher or be recommended by a member of the department for admission. Admission to the degree program requires that you submit a written petition to  the department no later than the end of your junior year.

Completion of the program requires, in addition to fulfillment of the B.A. requirements, (1) a GPA of 3.30 or higher in history and a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher; (2) 9 credits of honors courses, including 6 in history; (3) satisfactory completion in HIST K499 of an honors thesis; and (4) satisfactory defense of the honors thesis.