Are you excited to be challenged intellectually, to pursue topics deeply, and to explore the boundaries of knowledge? Do you want to surround yourself with intellectually curious peers and professors? If you’re eligible, Ohio Wesleyan’s Leland F. and Helen Schubert Honors Program offers you the chance to push well beyond your personal boundaries to follow your imagination, explore ideas across disciplines, and discover and create new knowledge in your area of academic interest.
Participation in the program offers many advantages. You can:
- Explore new ideas through creative, thought-provoking tutorials and seminars
- Pursue advanced topics in depth
- Master complex analytical and research skills
- Complete an original, independent research or creative project
- Receive mentorship throughout your academic journey
- Widen your career options
The Honors Program consists of honors seminars and tutorials, rigorous honors courses, and mentored independent research and creative projects.
And you don’t have to wait for these exciting opportunities. You’ll plunge into honors tutorials and seminars during your first and second years, working closely and in small groups with a faculty member to pursue topics in great depth and practice inquiry in different academic disciplines. As you progress through the honors curriculum, your engagement with rigorous coursework, creative assignments, and in-depth discussions will hone your analytical, critical reasoning, and research skills and propel you to even greater intellectual growth.