Honors Degree Requirements

Drury’s honors program is designed to provide rigorous and innovative courses to intellectually ambitious students. Honors courses enhance the interdisciplinary character of Drury’s Engaging Our World curriculum as well as a student’s major field of study. In addition, the honors senior colloquium and research project allows students to pursue in-depth study in an area of their own design, with the support of Drury faculty.

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Requirements for the Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree with Honors

In order for a student who has been admitted the Drury University Honors Program to graduate with a bachelor’s or master’s degree with honors, the student must satisfactorily complete the following:

Earn a Drury GPA of 3.50.
Complete the requirements for the Honors Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Leadership minor.
Submit a written paper for the Honors Project for approval by the supervising faculty member and the Honors Director.
- Complete the four steps (proposal, literature review, rough draft, and final draft) within the Honors Program’s deadlines.
- Students must meet regularly with their faculty, receive feedback, and respond fully to feedback.
- Projects must meet the minimum number of sources and written pages for the type of project.
- Project must demonstrate a significant accomplishment in their area of inquiry.
- Present the project to an academic or professional audience.