Honors Program

Fall 2020: UVU Honors courses, including Legacies and Colloquium, are currently being taught face-to-face, via live stream, or online. Please regularly log on to each of your courses via Canvas for additional information, through myUVU. Please contact your professors immediately with any questions or if you have barriers to participating in your classes online or through these other means of delivery.

The UVU Honors Program enhances the collegiate experience of highly motivated students through specialized academic
and enrichment opportunities that cultivate personal, professional, and civic engagement.

Applications for spring '21 will reopen October 1-14

Where to start:

Current COVID-19 Impacts

Now that the Fall semester has begun, the UVU Honors Director and staff are all working both remotely and on campus. The LC 204 Honors Office Suite has reopened for your computer access, printing, and lounging needs. We ask that students please continue to adhere to the university's safety and physical distancing guidelines Masks are to be worn while in the Honors Lounge. The Return to Campus website at www.uvu.edu/returntocampus has additional information. Please call 801-863-6262 to reach any of our staff. You may also arrange for individual appointments using the contact information found at the bottom of this page or message staff under the About Us tab of this website.

Admissions

If you are interested in applying for the honors program, here you will find information on admission policies, student eligibility, and a link to apply.

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Resources

Need more information on how the Honors Program works, or are looking for an online form required for the program? Check here first.

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Curriculum

Here you will find information regarding the Honors Curriculum that Honors Students will take including course descriptions and offerings.

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FROM OUR DIRECTOR

MCPHERSON HEADSHOT

Welcome to the Utah Valley University Honors Program! By choosing to join the Honors Program, you have demonstrated a genuine investment in the quality and depth of your undergraduate education. The entire Honors Program staff is here to advise you in your search for excellence. Many students, when asking about participating in Honors, wonder if it's harder; I always answer, "It's not always more work, but it is better work." In a series of small classes with other highly motivated students, you will find true peers willing to be guided by faculty invested in their students' intellectual potential. You will discover in yourself the ability to grapple with texts and ideas that have fascinated the world's great thinkers, writers, artists, and scientists, as well as the courage to try out new and challenging ideas, places and experiences. We look forward to sharing the journey with you.

Kate McPherson. Ph.D.
Professor of English
Honors Program Director

“In my years at UVU, I've come to understand the importance of being a well rounded student of life. Although I am studying
to be a programmer, I appreciate the arts, humanities, and sciences that surround me, which together give meaning to life.
Had I not been accepted into the honors program, I would not have had these experiences that helped
me see the importance of a well rounded education.”
--Jonathan Adamic, Honors Student

"I wanted to thank you for my experience in the Honors Program. It was a strong motivation for me to keep my G.P.A. up,
which undoubtedly helped me get into law school. It also was an opportunity for me to write a very fun thesis,
which was as long as it actually needed to be. Incredibly, my time in the program proved to be more often a stress relief,
as well as a chance to get to know many wonderful people."

--Nathaniel Johnson, Honors Student