The University of Tennessee - Martin

The Honors Seminar Program, founded in 1984, brings together students and academic speakers (scholars, leaders, or artists) in small group discussion sessions to examine various issues and ideas. Students are selected primarily during their senior year in high school, although students transferring to UTM are also considered. Approximately 250 students are presently active in the program. Honors Seminar students attend a series of addresses by academic speakers. They select one speaker per year with whom they study in depth over a two-day period. Students also complete the Honors Core Curriculum. Honors Seminar students may participate in a student organization featuring academic, social, and service activities - the Society for Honors Seminar Students. Students selected for the Honors Seminar Program receive a Chancellor's Award for four years depending on satisfactory academic performance. Students who receive the Dean's Scholarship may also participate in Honors Seminar if they so desire.

Overview
What You Get:

• Chancellor's Award
• Bragging rights, seal on diploma, and resumé enhancement
• Opportunities to expand horizons and challenge yourself academically
• A chance to know faculty and other intellectually interested, academically motivated students
• Numerous opportunities to learn from members of the academic, scientific, and political world community (through community projects, academic speakers, etc.) in a small group setting

What You Give:

• Take two Honors class per semester your freshman year (Honors 111 and 118 in the fall, 112 and 128 in the spring)
• Participate in the Honors Core Curriculum
• Attend a certain number of academic speaker presentations per year and write a summary of their presentations, based on the number of academic speakers per school year
• Write a paper on one academic speaker
• Attend one small group session with the academic speaker about whom you write your paper

For requirements and the process to enter the Honors Seminar Program, refer to the Prospective Honors Students page.

Scholarships & Entrance Requirements

Chancellor's Award
Students entering UT-Martin with a minimum ACT composite score of 28 and a 3.5 or higher GPA are guaranteed to receive the Chancellor's Award of $3000 per year for four years. Recipients participate in the Honors Seminar Program by attending seminars and lectures with distinguished campus visitors each year. The student must have a 3.20 GPA at the end of the first two semesters and maintain it thereafter, and must qualify as a full-time student by taking at least 12 credit hours of courses per semester. The student will enroll in an Honors Seminar course each semester and complete the course requirements. Honors Seminar students also complete the Honors Core Curriculum.

Dean's Scholarship

The Dean's Scholarship is not an Honors scholarship, but its recipients have the option of participating in the Honors Seminar Program. It is awarded to students with an ACT composite score of 25-27 and GPA of 3.5 or higher. Dean's Scholarship recipients are assured of a scholarship package of $1500 per year for four years. To maintain scholarship eligibility, the student must have a 3.0 GPA at the end of the first two semesters and maintain it thereafter.

Dean's Scholarship recipients who choose to participate in the Honors Seminar Program will complete the same academic requirements as Chancellor's Award recipients. They must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.20 to participate in Honors. The student will enroll in an Honors Seminar course each semester and complete the course requirements, as well as the Honors Core Curriculum.