Program Requirements

The DePauw Honor Scholar Program is open to students of all majors who show unusual promise and commitment to the development of the life of the mind. Each year a small number of carefully selected first-year students are invited to participate in the program and the special opportunities it presents.Students looking over work outside

In the first five semesters, members of each Honor Scholar class choose for one of their courses an interdisciplinary seminar in which they read, discuss and write about classic works of enduring significance as well as recent works under the close guidance of senior professors.

During their last two semesters at DePauw, Honor Scholars pursue independent work under the direction of one or more faculty members, culminating in an Honors thesis.

Being an Honor Scholar implies more than formal academic study. There are opportunities for Honor Scholars to mix socially and informally with one another and with members of the faculty. Above all, the program provides an opportunity to be part of a group that seeks especially to find in its college education an intensive and stimulating intellectual experience.

Liberal arts education at its best, the Honor Scholar Program ideally prepares its members for any postgraduate training or careers.