Honors Programs
Undergraduate Students | College of Health and Human Sciences
HHS Honors Programs
The College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) offers many opportunities for high-achieving students to grow in their intellectual curiosity and pursue a rigorous, research-oriented undergraduate curriculum that prepares them for their next giant leap. HHS students have several options to pursue an honors experience and tailor a one-of-a-kind education.
HHS Honors Contracting
Honors college students with a 3.0 GPA or above are eligible to take honors courses. There are three ways to take a course for honors credit at Purdue: HONR courses offered through the John Martinson Honors College, honors courses offered by a specific college and courses taken through an Honors Contract.
Steps to Complete HHS Honors Contracts:
- Students who are interested in contracting a HHS course for honors credit must first successfully add the course they intend to contract.
- Students should then contact the instructor to ensure they are willing to enter an honors contract.
- If the instructor agrees, the student will need to obtain a regular course syllabus and an honors syllabus.
- The honors syllabus must include an adjusted honor grading rubric.
- Student should complete the HHS Honors Contracting Student Form and request a grade mode change by the Registrar’s H (Honors) grade mode deadlines.
- The deadline to add H Grade mode for full-semester (16-Week) courses is Monday, January 27. Late submissions will not be accepted
- For courses of different lengths (i.e., 1st 8 weeks/2nd 8 weeks), please see the Registrar’s Spring 2025 Drop/Add or Modify Dates.
For all HHS courses, honors contract materials and agreements will be made using the HHS Honors Contracting Student Form. For general honors contracting questions, please review the Honors Contracting FAQ. If you are trying to enter into an Honors Contract for non-HHS courses, please talk to your honors advisor or visit the Honors Contracting webpage.
The College of Health and Human Sciences does not accept hard copies of Form 23 and the Honors Contract Form. Contact your advisor OR Sanjana Dey at dey9@purdue.edu with questions.
John Martinson Honors College
Purdue’s John Martinson Honors College students have several options for completing the scholarly project required for an Honors College diploma. College of Health and Human Sciences students who are part of the Honors College may complete a departmental honors thesis or honors capstone project. See below for departmental details and explore information on how to join the Honors College.
HHS Honors Programs
The College of Health and Human Sciences, the School of Health Sciences, the Department of Nutrition Science and the Department of Psychological Sciences offer honors programs separate from the John Martinson Honors College. Students accepted to these research-focused honors programs learn how to conduct an independent empirical project under the close supervision of a faculty member while completing a bachelor’s thesis and showcasing their research in a departmental poster session. Click on the links below for more information.