What are Departmental Honors, and how do I achieve them?
Women Studies Departmental Honors are open to all majors who meet the criteria below. Students who graduate with departmental honors will graduate “with distinction” noted on their transcripts and diploma. Honors courses require that the student complete additional work allowing them to engage with course content to a greater depth and with more intensity than she /he would within the framework of the regular class. Students who are completing the UW Honors program must also complete the departmental honors. For more information about UW Honors, go to: http://depts.washington.edu/uwhonors/index.html Women Studies Departmental Honors Requirements: Sign up with the Women Studies adviser. Maintain a 3.5 GPA in Women Studies coursework Maintain a 3.3 GPA cumulatively Complete 20 credits of upper division Women Studies coursework including the senior capstone or senior thesis as an honors course.
