University Honors Program

Honors seminars are the heart of the program. These informal classes, with an enrollment limit of 15, meet one evening each week throughout the semester.

The discussion/debate is usually lively, because the seminars are chosen by the students themselves. Over a two-year period 25-30 seminars are offered, on topics as diverse as The Food Lab, Monsters, DO NOT PASS GO: What We Can Learn from Board Games, Drinking Up: The History and Science of Alcohol, From the Clash to Kendrick: The Art of Protest Music, Corporate Scandals and Business's Dark Side, and CAMP!

The other academic component of Honors is the senior thesis. Theses come in all shapes and sizes, but the common thread is a chance to work closely with three faculty mentors on a project of substance. Theses are bound and become part of Herrick Memorial Library's permanent collection.

Anyone with an outstanding high school record and a broad range of intellectual interests may apply. For more information, check out the Honors link on the Alfred University website, email or write to Dr. Juliana Gray, Honors Program, Alfred University, One Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY, 14802.