Arts Honors Program
Arts Honors Program Requirements
Ed Quinn is the Arts Honors Program Manager. His office is located in 100 Denney Hall. Please send an email to quinn.142@osu.edu to schedule an Arts Honors appointment.
Students with a major in the following departments and schools follow the Arts Honors track:
- Department of Art
- Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy
- Department of Dance
- Department of Design
- Department of History of Art
- Department of Theatre, Film and Media Arts
- School of Music
To join the Arts Honors Program as an incoming first-year student:
If you are an incoming freshman interested in joining the University Honors Program, you may apply to the Honors Program via the Ohio State supplement to the Common Application. For more detail on the application process, please visit the Ohio State University Honors & Scholars web site.
If you are accepted to the University Honors Program and decide to pursue an arts major in the College of Arts and Sciences, you will enroll directly into the Arts Honors Program.
The University Honors & Scholars Center can provide you with additional information about membership in the University Honors Program.
For more information about applying to The Ohio State University or planning a visit to campus, please see Undergraduate Admissions.
To join the Arts Honors Program if you are not an incoming first-year student, you must:
- have at least one semester (12 credit hours) completed at OSU with a 3.4 cumulative GPA; or
- be a member of another OSU college’s honors program with a 3.4 cumulative GPA; or
- be a member of an OSU regional campus honors program with a 3.4 cumulative GPA.
- 3.4 overall GPA
- 18 credit hours of Honors coursework or Honors-quality coursework
- 9 credit hours over the first 2 years.
- For some majors in the Arts, this is difficult to achieve, due to limited scheduling opportunities in the GE, few Honors offerings in the major programs, and lockstep curriculum in the majors. The Arts standard allows students to defer 3 credit hours until the 3rd year if necessary, reflecting the individualistic, focused nature in the arts.
- 9 credit hours over the second 2 years.
- 9 credit hours over the first 2 years.
- Arts Honors Contract (fulfill 18 credit hours of Honors coursework or Honors-quality coursework per an Honors contract): Students graduate ‘with Honors in the Arts and Sciences.’
- Arts Honors contracts will be reviewed at the conclusion of each academic year. Students will be informed via Ohio State email of their continuance or non-continuance in the program.
- Students in their sophomore year will submit an Arts Honors contract by the conclusion of finals week autumn semester.
- Students who find they need to revise their contract may do so with the Contract Revision Form, which can be submitted to Arts Honors Program Manager, Ed Quinn.
- All Arts Honors students complete the Experiential Learning requirement through their major requirements. Arts Honors students do not need to complete an Honors Project or Benchmarks.
A maximum of 2 classes from the list below can overlap with a student’s required major coursework.
2 additional classes may overlap from a second major.
- Honors course (H)
- Honors embedded course (E) (maximum of 3 total)
- Upper division course outside major (4000+)
- Upper division elective course in major for 1st and 2nd year students
- Undergraduate Research/Creative Activity (3-5 credit hours)
- Special Individual Study (maximum of 3 total; includes study abroad course not required for the major, internship not required for the major)
- 4-credit hour Themes classes
- A minor (maximum of 1 H, E, or 4000+ course)
- Graduate level course
- Students may petition for other courses/experiences to count
- Most students’ majors encourage or require a capstone or senior project, which can become a distinction project. Arts Honors students may also choose to complete creative theses or research theses.
- Arts Honors students completing a creative thesis in the arts will earn ‘with Honors Distinction’ in their major.
- Arts Honors students completing a research thesis, rather than a creative thesis, will earn ‘with Honors Research Distinction.’
- Honors Faculty Advisor signature
- Art: Gina Osterloh (osterloh.2@osu.edu)
- Art Education: gloria wilson (wilson.5325@osu.edu)
- Arts Management: gloria wilson (wilson.5325@osu.edu)
- Dance: Daniel Roberts (roberts.338@osu.edu)
- Design: Gaëtan Robillard (robillard.11@osu.edu)
- Film Studies: Janet Parrott (parrott.1@osu.edu)
- History of Art: Kris Paulsen (paulsen.20@osu.edu)
- Moving-Image Production: Janet Parrott (parrott.1@osu.edu)
- Music (all majors): Daryl Kinney (kinney.61@osu.edu)
- Theatre: Janet Parrott (parrott.1@osu.edu)
- Arts Honors Program Manager Signature (Ed Quinn, quinn.142@osu.edu, 100 Denney Hall)