Departmental and College Honors

Graduation with Honors

Qualified students may pursue the Informatics honors in two ways. To graduate “with distinction” (departmental honors), students complete the Informatics program honors requirements. To graduate with “College Honors,” students complete both University honors core curriculum and the Informatics program honors.

Departmental Honors

Entrance into the Informatics honors options would require:

  • Participation in the University Honors Program
  • Declared Informatics major status
  • Minimum UW Cumulative GPA of 3.3
  • Minimum Cumulative GPA in the major of 3.5, with a minimum 10 INFO credits completed

The Informatics program honors requirements consist of a minimum of 12 Informatics honors credits to be distributed as follows:

  • One ad hoc* honors course from either the human or technical strand (5 credits)
  • Ad hoc* honors reading seminar or independent research (2 credits)
  • Additional honors work (minimum 5 credits) through an elective method, such as:
  • Ad Hoc* Honors Course (Human, Technical, or Integrated Strand)
  • Approved UW Honors courses (e.g., H A&S 350)
  • Informatics special topics courses offered as a University Honors course (e.g., INFO 498H)
  • Approved Foreign Study
  • Special projects, research, or service learning (e.g., INFO 499 or 495)
* As the Informatics curriculum does not offer specifically designated Honors curriculum at this time, students pursuing Informatics Honors program will arrange courses to satisfy Honors (“H”) course requirements on a case-by-case basis, as arranged with individual instructors. All ad-hoc Honors courses will be arranged prior to the start of the course and recorded as “Honors” (H) credits on the student’s permanent record after the completion of the course and the appropriate paperwork has been completed and submitted to the Information School and the University Honors Office.

College Honors

In addition to the departmental honors requirements, students pursuing College Honors will also complete the University Honors core curriculum. More information on the University Honors Program may be found at http://depts.washington.edu/uwhonors/. University Honors online forms are available at http://depts.washington.edu/uwhonors/forms/.