To be eligible as an Honors Scholar in Coastal Studies you must have a total GPA of 3.2 or higher. Students who wish to become Honors Scholars need to be rising juniors (second semester sophomore years) and formally apply to the Honors Program at Storrs, including approval from the Honors Advisor in Marine Sciences (Dr. Evan Ward) and Department Head (Dr. Ann Bucklin). By requiring departmental approval, the Honors Program (based at Storrs) seeks to ensure that departments will provide the student access to 12 credits of honors coursework (via honors courses, conversions, graduate courses or independent studies) and a faculty mentor who will work directly with the student for the student's honors thesis.

   Applicants for the Honors Program, need to plan how they would fulfill Honors and departmental requirements in their major and get approval from Dr. Ward for their "Honors Preliminary Plan of Study". Although some of these courses might change, this form documents how the student intends to meet the Honors Scholar graduation requirements. Students also have a chance to discuss the specific departmental requirements and how they will meet them. An "Honors Final Plan of Study" will be due from the student at the end of his/her next-to-last semester.

Application materials can also be found on-line at http://www.honors.uconn.edu/academics/forms.php