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Major in Engineering with Discipline-Specific Honors

The discipline-specific honors program in engineering offers students an opportunity to go beyond the basic curriculum through taking engineering contract courses with expanded requirements, completing an original honors project, and attending colloquia sponsored by the Honors Community. Specific program requirements are outlined below, and additional details can be found on the engineering website.

Application Requirements

  • At least three full semesters, preferably four, must remain before graduation.
  • The applicant must first meet with the Chair of the Engineering Department. If approval to proceed is granted at the departmental level, the student must submit an application to the Office of the Director of the Honors Community.

Admission Requirements

  • Students must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5, as well as a GPA of at least 3.5 in engineering courses.
  • Students must have completed at least ten credit hours of sophomore-level engineering courses. Transfer students must have completed at least two engineering courses at Union.

Progression Requirements

  • Students must maintain a GPA of 3.5 overall and in engineering courses.
  • Students must complete each honors contract course with a grade of B or better and achieve satisfactory completion of the honors contract for each course.

Curriculum Requirements

  • Students must take at least 12 credits of honors contract courses.
    • For electrical engineering concentration students, typical honors contract courses include EGR 361 (4 credits), EGR 405 (4 credits), EGR 475 (4 credits), and EGR 498 (1 credit).
    • For mechanical engineering concentration students, typical honors contract courses include EGR 320 (3 credits), EGR 352 (1 credit), EGR 355 (3 credits), EGR 475 (4 credits), and EGR 498 (1 credit).
  • Students must complete an honors project that is distinctly different from the senior design project. The honors project will be either a research project or a humanitarian engineering design project, with specific requirements to be determined in conjunction with the student’s departmental honors advisor. It is expected that a typical honors project will require roughly 250-300 hours of work.
  • Students in their junior and senior years must satisfy Honors colloquium requirements as determined and published by the directors of the Honors Community.