Honors Program Requirements
- Must be majoring in an undergraduate program within the College of Health Sciences
- Minimum GPA of 3.25 at time of application to the program
- Minimum cumulative graduating GPA of 3.25
- There will be no GPA “probation” tracking on a semester by semester basis.
- It is your responsibility to know your GPA throughout the program; you must understand that you need to achieve the stated minimum graduating GPA of 3.25 to receive the “With Honors in Health Studies” distinction.
- Students who complete all requirements, but fail to earn the minimum GPA of 3.25, will not receive the “With Honors in Health Studies” distinction.
- Completion a minimum of 15 hours of honors coursework within our College
» Courses that can be used for College of Health Sciences honors credit
- Successful completion a capstone project/senior honors thesis, with written approval
of your faculty mentor
- The capstone project requires that students register for HMSE 4999 (Senior Project).
- Students are to identify and work with a faculty member on one of the two options below.
- With either option, the culminating work [review article or data-driven article], should be approved by the faculty mentor as “acceptable” and submitted for publication.
- This can be done through any scientific/scholarly outlet, as approved by our College faculty mentor.
- The undergraduate research journal, QuaesitUM, is an alternative journal option.
Option A. Scientific/Applied review article on topic of your choosing, in consultation with a College faculty member (typically the instructor of record for the HMSE 4999 section for which you are registered).
• Article should be comparable to a peer-reviewed manuscript in terms of scope and length (at faculty member’s discretion); faculty member must be willing to provide guidance and supervise your efforts.
• This must be documented in written form (name of faculty mentor, signature, project title and scope).
Option B. Research project completed in conjunction with a College faculty member (typically the instructor of record for the HMSE 4999 section for which the student is registered).
• This should culminate in a peer-reviewed scientific/applied article ready for submission.
• This must be documented in written form (name of faculty mentor, signature, project title and scope).
For questions about this program after reviewing the requirements above, please contact:
Angie Johnson
College of Health Sciences Honors Program Director
kjhnsn53@memphis.edu
For information regarding the capstone project/senior honors thesis information, click HERE.