The UCCS Honors Program serves rigorously trained students who share a desire to become intentional learners. Students have access to the Honors Hub, are afforded early registration privileges, extended library check-out options, and are given special recognition at graduation. Students work with Honors Program faculty in smaller class settings, thus encouraging them to engage in a collaborative, vigorous intellectual life that prepares them for admission to and success in graduate and professional schools.
Students must be entering freshmen with a cumulative high school GPA of 3.5 or above. All students must enroll in the Gateway Program Seminar (GPS) 1010 (Gray Matters) course in their first year. Visit the UCCS Honors Program website for detailed graduation requirements and other information, e.g. Honors Program Values under cohort 2024 tab at https://honors.uccs.edu/honors-cohorts, about the program.
The UCCS Honors Program offers students admitted into the program an institutional scholarship for four years, if the student is making good progress towards Honors Program curriculum; satisfies engagement hours criteria; and maintains a GPA of 3.5 or above. A student, once accepted into the Honors Program, is encouraged to continue to complete the Honors Program curriculum, with or without the scholarship.
An Honors Program advisor is assigned to the student for the duration of their participation in the UCCS Honors Program, and the student is required to meet with their advisor every semester to assess the progress towards completing the UCCS Honors Program Curriculum.
Finalists for Honors Program scholarships will be contacted for an interview in early March. Interviews will be held in March. Applicants will be notified of scholarship results in April.
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