CATE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Dean's Scholars Current Students

Congratulations on being a part of the Dean’s Scholars Program!  Dean's Scholars students take honors coursework, complete an undergraduate honors thesis or scholarly project, present their projects in a public forum and participate in exclusive Dean’s Scholars events with distinguished faculty and staff from the College.

Here’s what you need to know:

To complete the Dean's Scholars program, students will work with the following individuals to determine their plans of study and timeline to fulfill all requirements.  

  • Academic Advisors assist students in enrolling and completing the required 12 credit hours of honors coursework.  
  • Faculty research or project mentors assist students with their honors undergraduate research or scholarly projects. 
  • Program Advisor tracks students' participation and personal reflections from attending at least 8 Dean's Scholars events over the course of their undergraduate career and ensures the public presentation of their research or scholarly project for the College.

REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM

  • Dean’s Scholars Seminar & Learning Community
    • AGR 20500-LC1 – Dean’s Scholars Seminar – one-credit hour fall-semester seminar required for all first-time beginning students accepted into the Dean’s Scholars program
    • Participation in the Ag Dean’s Scholars Learning Community
  • 12 credit hours of honors coursework 
    • HONR, –H courses or contracted honors coursework
  • Honors undergraduate research or scholarly project 
    • Offered through student’s home department, the College or interdisciplinary research or scholarly work; summer research programs may fulfill this requirement; fulfills requirements for John Martinson Honors College honors research or scholarly project
  • Public presentation of research or scholarly project 
    • Recommended presentation at one of the Purdue Undergraduate Research Conferences held each semester by the Office of Undergraduate Research
  • Written reflections of 8 attended Dean’s Scholars events throughout undergraduate career
    • Dean’s Scholars events are hosted each semester in addition to many College and University-eligible events that count once written reflections are submitted
    • All learning community events offered during student’s first semester in the program count as Dean’s Scholars events once the written reflections are submitted
  • Questions? 

Program Requirements

The Dean’s Scholars program requirements include participating in the seminar course and learning community, completing 12 credits of honors coursework, attending eight events, completing a scholarly research project, and presenting your research to the public.

The Dean’s Scholars program requirements include participating in the seminar course and learning community, completing 12 credits of honors coursework, attending eight events, completing a scholarly research project, and presenting your research to the public.

The Dean’s Scholars program requirements include participating in the seminar course and learning community, completing 12 credits of honors coursework, attending eight events, completing a scholarly research project, and presenting your research to the public.

The Dean’s Scholars program requirements include participating in the seminar course and learning community, completing 12 credits of honors coursework, attending eight events, completing a scholarly research project, and presenting your research to the public.