Dr. David W. Coleman, Executive Director
University Building 137
(859) 622-2924

EKU Honors provides an enriched and accessible liberal arts college educational experience within the context of our large comprehensive university. With deep resources to support student travel and study abroad experiences as well as small seminar-style honors classes and an active residential Honors Living and Learning Community (LLC), EKU Honors provides one of the most supportive and creative educational experiences anywhere. Undergraduate students from every major on campus are welcome in EKU Honors, and our flexible honors curriculum provides versatility for today’s students, who often bring to EKU large numbers of prior credits from AP, IB, or Dual Credit experiences in high school. Students who complete the honors curriculum graduate as “EKU Honors Scholars,” with that status signified at Commencement by the distinctive maroon mortar board. Honors Scholar status is also formally designated on a graduate’s diploma as well as on official transcripts. To continue in the program and to graduate as an EKU Honors Scholar, students must maintain at least a 3.2 EKU GPA.

EKU Honors Curriculum

Students enter EKU Honors into one of the following two minors. Those entering EKU Honors in their first semester of college will complete the “Honors Maroon” minor. Those entering as transfer students or as continuing EKU students in a semester other than their first in college will complete the “Honors Gold” minor.

GPA Requirement

To remain active and eligible in EKU Honors, students must maintain the following minimum grade point averages:

• 3.00 institutional GPA up to 60 completed institutional hours
• 3.20 institutional GPA after 60 completed institutional hours and to graduate as an EKU Honors Scholar

Tracks

Courses