The Honors College
Richard A. Diem, Ph.D.

Richard A. Diem, Ph.D.

Dean, Honors College
[Bio]

Welcome to the University of Texas at San Antonio's Honors College. The mission of the Honors College is to recruit and enrich the educational opportunities of academically talented, curious, motivated, and diverse students through an interdisciplinary curriculum that includes opportunities for research, service, and leadership. Our vision is to be a nationally recognized leader in attracting highly talented and motivated students and to provide through excellence in its undergraduate programs and initiatives an avenue for them to affect the state, the nation, and the world. Through our core values of honesty, opportunity, nurturance, originality, respect, and success the Honors College seeks to educate our students through broad interdisciplinary perspectives while demonstrating excellence in their chosen field.

UTSA's Honors College is open to students from all academic disciplines. Offering small classes, special interdisciplinary seminars, community service opportunities, supervised research experiences, and study abroad opportunities, the Honors College is a community of bright scholars, caring advisors and enthusiastic professors. We are building an exciting community and welcome you to join us.

What's New in the Honors College?

Photo Contest

Honors College Photo Contest Winners

The Honors College is pleased to announce the winners of the Honors College Photo Contest, "Be the Change You Wish to See." The three winners are:

1st Place: Traci Derlein, "Hello, My Name is: Change"
2nd Place: Jessica Garza, "I Am the Change"
3rd Place: Meagan Kellie Lazaga, "NAMI Walk"

All members of the Honors College are invited to view all the photos, including the winning ones, in the Photo Contest Gallery.

Newsletter

October Newsletter

The October Newsletter is up. Click here to access it. In it you can find descriptions for all of the Spring 2010 Honors courses. Click here for a list of current and archived newsletters.

Thesis Writing

Need Help With Your Honors Thesis?

Two templates have been made available to help students with their Honors Thesis . The first template is for the development of an Honors Thesis Proposal. The second template may be used for the preparation of the actual thesis. The templates and instructions may be found on the Research & Thesis page here.