Campus Honors Programs
www.honors.illinois.edu
The Campus Honors Program (CHP) is a small community of exceptional undergraduate students selected from all colleges within the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This program fosters collaborative relationships between students and faculty through seminars and intensive classes, a faculty mentoring system, and many co-curricular events. Completion of the program is noted on your Illinois transcript and at graduation ceremonies.
Admission
Each year, only about 125 students can be admitted to the CHP as freshmen. Other interested and qualified students may apply directly to the CHP from December 1 to February 1 in their freshman year, for admission at the beginning of sophomore year. Acceptance is based on extraordinary academic achievement and evidence of creativity, leadership, intellectual curiosity, motivation to excel, and willingness to be an active member of our campus community and the world. We admit students from all colleges within the University of Illinois.
Courses
In addition to forming strong connections with your peers and mentors within the program, you will find intellectual challenges in the CHP’s courses. The CHP’s five required courses are not an alternative curriculum; students can choose from different courses offered each semester. Courses offered for this requirement can be found at www.honors.uiuc.edu.
You can complete all requirements as a Chancellor's Scholar without conflicts with your college or departmental honors programs. Most of our students graduate with honors in more than one area of achievement. Many of our courses fulfill campus general education and departmental honors programs’ requirements. Freshmen and sophomores in the CHP enroll in specialized versions of general education courses and participate in interdisciplinary seminars once they become upperclassmen.
Requirements
To remain in good standing in the program, students must maintain a minimum 3.3 grade point average, successfully complete a total of five CHP-sponsored courses, participate in a specified number of CHP co-curricular events and activities, and conduct themselves with the civility and goodwill befitting a campus leader.
Highlights
Annual events in the CHP include the Scholar Adventurers Series, encouraging informal conversations with student, faculty, and guest presenters; the Honors Convocation, featuring a visit from an accomplished writer; the Krannert Dress Rehearsal Series, providing special access to productions at one of the nation’s premier educational and professional performing arts complexes; and participating in extra-curricular activities initiated and promoted by the Honors Student Council.
Benefits
Acceptance into the Campus Honors Program provides numerous advantages, including enrollment in small, intensive sections; special opportunities for research support; cultural events, seminars, and social and co-curricular activities; eligibility for subsidized Intercultural Study Tours (recent ICST's have included Japan, Peru, and the Galapagos Islands); priority registration and a Library stacks pass; and the work areas and comforts of the Honors house, a student center for Chancellor's Scholars.