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Membership in the Arts and Sciences Honors Program

The purpose of the Arts and Sciences Honors Program is to enable well-prepared and motivated students to undertake and complete especially challenging curricular course work that leads to special honors upon graduation.

Membership in the Honors Program should involve a basic commitment to excellence. As an honors student, you should aim to pursue a rigorous liberal arts program that cultivates precision of thought and expression, a sense of critical judgment, and a constantly expanding yet coherent perspective.

If you are interested in joining the Arts and Sciences Honors Program, you should investigate program requirements as early as possible in your undergraduate career.  Admission requirements for the Arts and Sciences Honors Program vary depending on whether you are an incoming freshman, a transfer student, a current Ohio State student, etc.  Follow the links below for more details.

If you are a continuing member of the Arts and Sciences Honors Program, you must demonstrate your commitment to completing honors work by meeting certain program requirements.