The Honors Concept

The UTSA Honors College provides a unique educational experience for academically talented students with a commitment to excellence. The Honors College is open to students from all academic disciplines.

The Honors classes include special sections of regular courses with smaller enrollments and interdisciplinary seminars that bring together advanced students from diverse disciplines. Most honors courses meet Core Curriculum or major requirements. Honors courses do not require more work, but rather work that is enriched to encourage intellectual exchange and individual thought. Most honors students can graduate from the Honors College without any extra time requirements.

Throughout a student's program of study, the Honors College emphasizes breadth of academic experience. In the junior and senior year, honors students also become more focused in a particular academic discipline. Upper-division honors work typically culminates in a senior honors thesis or senior honors project under the direction of a faculty member from the student's major department.

Students may apply to The Honors College any time by submitting an Honors College application. Incoming Freshman who submit a complete application to the Honors College by February 15 will also be entered into the annual scholarship pool.

The mission of the Honors College is to recruit and enrich the education opportunities of academically talented, curious, motivated, and diverse students through an interdisciplinary curriculum that includes opportunities for research, service, and leadership.

The Vision of the Honors College is to be a nationally recognized leader in attracting highly talented and motivate 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.

The core values of the Honors College are: Honesty, Opportunity, Nurturance, Originality, Respect, and Success.