Who is Eligible for the Honors Program?
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Who is Eligible?
The Honors Program is open to all new and continuing students (part-time or full-time, day or evening) and can be found in a variety of disciplines (vocational, liberal arts, fine arts, sciences, business, etc.). The Honors Program has established the following general criteria for admission to the Honors GE Core Curriculum and strongly advises students to comply:

If you have previous college-level work, you must meet ONE of the following:

  • 3.25 overall GPA in 12 units or more; or
  • 3.50 GPA in courses taken in the honors discipline; or
  • a successful interview with a coordinator and determination to succeed.

If you have no previous college-level work you must meet ANY ONE of the following:

  • high school GPA of 3.50; or
  • high school GPA of 3.00 with two letters of recommendation from persons familiar with your academic work and potential, preferably your current teachers; or
  • minimum score of 1100 on the SAT; or
  • minimum score of 25 on the ACT; or
  • qualifying scores on the City/Mesa/Miramar college placement test; or
  • a successful interview with a coordinator and determination to succeed.

To maintain standing as a student in the Honors General Education Core Curriculum you must maintain a 3.25 GPA in all course work.

 

 

 

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