As a new honors student, the first thing you can anticipate is an orientation retreat that focuses on team-building and leadership. This normally takes place the Saturday before your sophomore year fall classes begin. Here you will meet your Honors Leadership Team mentor and family, get to know the Honors staff, and start bonding with your Honors cohort.
You’ll receive additional information on this retreat once you’ve been admitted to the program.
By the time you graduate, you will need to have completed at least three honors courses from the list below. Freshmen-level courses and non-business courses, such as those in math or economics, require you to be a member of the Hutton Honors College. Any honors course on campus will count towards the Kelley Honors requirement. During your sophomore year, challenge yourself by enrolling in an honors course each semester. This will help you get to know students in your cohort. See your Honors advisor for suggestions.
Select three courses from the following:
As an incoming honors student, you have the special opportunity to work closely with a standout senior in the Business Honors Program. All sophomores are expected to be in regular communication with their HLT mentor and their mentor family. Sometimes, you don’t even realize how much help a senior can offer!
An important perk of the Honors Program at Kelley is the chance to attend special events throughout the year. These include workshops on networking, special speakers, community service opportunities, and lots of free food. Each event helps us meet our mission to develop a community of leaders and intellectually curious professionals, so be sure to attend a minimum of four events your sophomore year.
As an Honors student, you are required to take the following Honors I-Core courses during the fall semester of your junior year:
These courses, taught by tenure-track faculty, include an integrative business plan exercise. In order to enroll in the Honors Integrated Core, students must be accepted to the Business Honors Program.
As an honors student, you are required to undertake an internship or participate in an approved study abroad program.
Students applying for internships may interview through Undergraduate Career Services (UCS).
As a senior Honors student, you will complete a capstone project. There are three ways to fulfill this requirement.
Two options allow you to receive three credits: a supervised independent research project (BUS-X 496), or a senior-level leadership seminar (BUS-Z 494).
The third way to fulfill the capstone is to serve as a member of the Honors Leadership Team or as an ACE Leader that mentors younger students and helps coordinate events for the Honors and ACE Programs.
Here are your capstone course options:
Note: students accepted into the 3/2 MBA in Accounting Program are exempt from the Senior Year Requirement.
You will need at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA upon graduation in order to have “With Business Honors” noted on your diploma. You will also have to successfully complete all other program requirements.
I can't imagine my experience at Kelley without the guidance of mentors, advisors, and faculty in the Business Honors Program. Kevin Drake, BS'18, Finance and Economic Consulting, Incoming Strategy & Operations Business Analyst at Deloitte Consulting LLP
Students face dismissal from the Business Honors Program under the following circumstances:
