The Honors College
Robert L. Spurrier Jr., PhD, Director
Jessica Roark, Assistant Director
Crystal Davis, Honors Academic Counselor
Ebonie Hill-Williamson, Honors Academic Counselor
Brent Ladd, Honors Academic Counselor
Oklahoma State University is an active member of the National Collegiate Honors Council and the Great Plains Honors Council. The Honors College is composed of a university-wide General Honors component and specialized upper-division components at the departmental or college levels. The Honors College provides academically talented students with the opportunity to study, conduct research, and exchange ideas in an exciting and supportive academic environment. Honors sections are offered in many general education courses, and special honors seminars and interdisciplinary honors courses also are available. Honors classes are taught by outstanding faculty members and the classes are small in size to facilitate active student involvement. Completion of the requirements for the General Honors Award leads to special designation on the student's OSU transcript, as does completion of the requirements for the Departmental or College Honors Award in the student's academic major. Students who earn a minimum of 39 honors credit hours and complete the Departmental or College Honors Award, as well as the General Honors Award, with 3.50 OSU and cumulative grade-point averages at graduation, receive the Honors College Degree, including a special entry on their transcripts and special honors diplomas. Additional advantages for active participants in The Honors College (minimum of six honors credit hours per semester and 12 honors credit hours for each two consecutive semesters for freshmen and sophomores and three honors credit hours per semester for juniors and seniors) include use of The Honors College Study Lounge in Old Central (with a computer lab), extended check-out privileges for library materials, priority enrollment for the following semester, and an honors housing option in Stout Hall (on a rooms-available basis). Admission of new freshmen to The Honors College is based on an ACT composite score of 27 or higher (or comparable SAT score) with a high school grade-point average of 3.75 or higher. Weighted grade point averages certified by the high school may be used. Application forms are included in the OSU Application for Admission. Entering freshmen who fall just short of these criteria may inquire of The Honors College about the admission by petition option. Students other than new freshmen may be admitted to The Honors College on the basis of their OSU and cumulative grade-point averages (7-59 hours earned: 3.30; 60-93 hours earned: 3.40; 94 or more hours earned: 3.50). Transfer freshmen must have completed at least seven college credit hours (not including concurrent enrollment while in high school) to be eligible on the basis of college performance if they do not have the required high school grade-point average and ACT score. There is a February 1 deadline for automatic acceptance based on the criteria outlined above. Applications submitted after February 1 will be considered on a space-available basis. For additional information about The Honors College, interested students should consult the director of The Honors College, 101 Old Central or visit:
