Undergraduate Bulletin 2012-2013 - Alabama A&M University

HONORS CENTER PROGRAM, AAMU, 2012-2013 ~ 50 ~
Honors Center Program
Honors House
(256) 372-5859
The AAMU Honors Program offers challenges and opportunities for academically talented students who are seeking to develop their
full potential as scholars and as citizens. The program provides creative learning opportunities, experiential learning, leadership
development, and professional interactions with noted scholars.
Goals
1. To attract students who are academically talented and to offer programs of study designed to stimulate them to do the quality of
work equal to their potential.
2. To provide a program of study which is both challenging and rewarding, one which prepares participants to enter and to
successfully complete graduate and professional programs of study.
3. To encourage and stimulate learning outside the classroom.
4. To enable qualified students to progress at an accelerated rate.
5. To maximize the opportunity for students to grow intellectually through classroom activities, colloquia, research, and writing
seminars, and to broaden and enhance their social and cultural experiences.
6. To encourage honors program students to participate in various activities at AAMU and to serve as classroom volunteers, peer
counselors, teaching assistants, research assistants, laboratory assistants, and program assistants for major University functions.
7. To enhance the educational climate of AAMU, thereby stimulating all students to perform to their maximum intellectual capacity.
8. To participate in cooperative linkages and collaborative agreements with graduate and professional schools at major universities
across the nation and with industries seeking individuals who are highly trained.
Program Admission Requirements
To be admitted, entering freshmen must apply to AAMU and to the honors program. Second semester freshmen are also eligible to
apply. Admission requirements are as follows:
1. ACT score of 22 and above or SAT score of 1030 and above.
2. High school grade point average of 3.3 in academic courses for entering freshmen.
3. Second semester college freshmen with ACT scores of 21-22 (SAT 1025) may be considered for admission, if they have at least a
3.5 grade point average in a minimum of twelve (12) semester credit hours of regular academic courses completed at AAMU and
a cumulative high school grade point average of 3.3.
4. An interview with the Director, Assistant Director, and members of the Advisory Council.
Supporting data include the following:
1. For entering freshmen, three letters of recommendation required from a counselor and two high school faculty members under
whom the student has completed an academic course. For second semester freshmen, letters may come from an advisor and two
faculty members under whom the student has completed courses at AAMU.
2. An autobiographical essay.
Program Graduation Requirements
In addition to meeting the established eligibility requirements for admission to the honors program, participants must also meet
specified standards to remain in the program. Standards are reviewed on an annual basis and are, therefore, subject to change. As a
minimum, all honors program participants are currently required to complete the following in order to remain eligible for participation
in the program:
Enroll in a minimum of twelve (12) hours of course work per semester.
Maintain the following overall cumulative grade point averages as specified for each classification:
Freshman 3.3
Sophomore 3.4
Junior 3.5
Senior 3.5
Attend 90% of all regularly scheduled honors program meetings and at least 50% of all honors program sponsored events.