Honors Program
What should I know about the Honors Program at
Butler?
The Honors Program at Butler is not your run-of-the-mill
AP-style program. That is, we're not about proving that
students can run faster and jump higher, academically
speaking. Instead, we challenge outstanding students from all
colleges and majors to think for themselves in a diverse,
collaborative, and often hands-on environment where there may be no
"right" answer. Rather than following a completely separate
"honors" curriculum, Butler Honors students do everything other
Butler students do, and more. They participate in
additional courses, cultural events, and independent research with
faculty mentors who foster innovative thinking and
interdisciplinary dialogue. Students learn to explore topics
of interest in greater depth and breadth than ever before and
expand beyond their comfort zones, preparing them ultimately to
undertake their honors thesis in their senior year. Students
at Butler must complete the Honors Program requirements to be
eligible for the University's highest honors of Magna or Summa Cum
Laude upon graduation. Many students apply and are invited to
enter the Honors Program as incoming freshman, but there are other
roads into the program for interested students at later points in
their undergraduate careers. For more information about the
Honors Program at Butler, go to www.butler.edu/honors, or send a message with
your question to honors@butler.edu.