Features of the Honors Congress

Honors in the Academic Major

During the Junior and senior years, students will take honors courses and submit to requirements in individual majors. Major professors will serve as guides to Honors Congress members and specifics are determined by the individual departments.

Graduate School Application

The Office of Career Planning and individual school deans work with the Director of the Honors Congress to run seminars and plan events to consider graduate education. Vocational exploration undertaken in the first two years becomes actual planning in the second two years of university study.

Internship

Chicago connections explored in the first two years become work place learning environments during the last two years. Students take advantage of the city they have come to love and put their academic knowledge to the test, gaining valuable experience for choices after graduation.

National Fellowship Awards

Honors Congress students are encouraged to apply for awards and fellowships both in their individual disciplines and in competitive national applications to serve and learn beyond the undergraduate years.