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Required attendance at Honors events

Non-Credit Bearing Requirements

Book-of-the-year program. First-year students in the Honors Program are required to read the assigned book-of-the-year and to attend a discussion seminar and a lecture on the book during both the Fall and Spring semesters.

Honors Program Events. Every semester, the Honors Program sponsors numerous events--including lectures, panels, concerts, plays, and films--that foster maturity of character, intellect, and Christian faith and that enrich the campus climate. Students in the Honors Program are required to attend two Honors events each semester they are enrolled as a full-time student on main campus.

(Note: This means that Honors students who complete 8 semesters on campus as full-time students will attend at least 16 Honors events by the time they graduate. Students who graduate early, spend semesters taking classes at the Winding Hill campus, or who study abroad for a semester will end up attending fewer than 16 Honors events across 8 semesters. Such students are still entitled to graduate as a University Honors student, providing they meet all other requirements.)