Critical Thinking - Interdisciplinary Learning - Undergraduate Research -
Leadership and Civic Engagement
Welcome to the Honors Program! At the College of Coastal Georgia, we are proud to offer a variety of opportunities for students to approach their coursework from an honors-level perspective. Honors Program students are intellectually curious, seeking connections among academic disciplines, applications to real-world situations, and avenues for undergraduate research with other students and faculty. Honors Program students become leaders in their classrooms, on campus, and in the community.
How do I apply?
- Incoming Freshmen are invited to the Honors Program based on GPA, and, where applicable, standardized test scores. Dual-enrolled students with the requisite GPA are welcome to take honors courses. Please see your advisor and guidance counselor for more information.
- Current Coastal Georgia students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher are welcome to apply to the program by visiting this page and navigating to Student Forms, Honors, then Program Application Form.
- Faculty are invited to nominate students to the program. Please email honors@ccga.edu.
Upon acceptance, honors students work with advisors and the Honors Director to chart an honors course of study.
How do I Earn Honors Credits?
To graduate from the program, students must earn a minimum of 12 honors credits. This can be accomplished by:
- Taking designated Honors courses. Each semester, we will offer at least one honors-level course in the general education core (areas A-E): CHEM 1100H, ENGL 1101H, ENGL 1102H, ENGL 2130H, HIST 2111H, HIST 2112H, MATH 1401H, POLS 1101H, PSYC 1101H.
- Teaming with faculty to complete honors-level work within a 3000-4000 course.
- Completing an Honors Capstone project.
Please see the Permission to Register for Honors Project/Capstone form for more information.
Students enrolled in honors will have opportunities to:
- Pursue excellence in their own disciplines while establishing cross-disciplinary connections to other bodies of knowledge and expertise.
- Work with professors to plan and enact programs of undergraduate research.
- Take leadership roles in student and academic organizations.
- Engage in service initiatives and internships with community partners.
Educational and Intellectual Pillars:
Everything we do in the Honors program revolves around four educational and intellectual pillars.
- Critical thinking
- Undergraduate research
- Interdisciplinary learning
- Civic engagement and leadership
Contact Information:
Emily Boyle
Director of the Honors Program and Lecturer of English
eboyle@ccga.edu
912-510-3384