The Honors Program at Franklin is an opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary research and scholarship with expert faculty and other highly qualified peers. Students select a topic in their field of academic interest and expand their knowledge using academic skills they acquire under the guidance of their Academic Advisor. Studious and highly motivated individuals explore beyond the boundaries of their regular undergraduate curriculum through a series of interdisciplinary seminars. Honors students are encouraged to give back to the community through service learning and by sharing their knowledge, expertise and experiences.

Franklin Scholars are eligible for the university Honors Program upon admission.

If you transfer from another university or are a current Franklin student and wish to enter the Honors program, you must have:

• One or more semesters of university level study
• A 3.5 or higher grade point average
• Good disciplinary standing

To continue in the international honors program, you must remain in good standing, meeting these criteria each semester.

If you are not in the Honors Program, you can take an honors seminar if there is space in the course, and the instructor and your Academic Advisor approve.

Fri, 19 Sep | Honors Learned Conversation | 5pm - 7pm

Fri, 3 Oct | Honors Learned Conversation | 5pm - 7pm

Fri, 7 Nov | Honors Film Screening | 5pm - 7pm

Fri, 21 Nov | Honors Guest Lecture with Dr. Tobias Flessenkemper | 5pm - 7pm

All events are followed by a small reception. Everyone is welcome.

You are awarded an Honors Certificate at graduation when you complete 12 or more honors credit hours including:

• One Honors Seminar (3 Credits)
• The Honors Senior Capstone Experience Preparation Workshop (0 Credits) – An advanced workshop in the Senior Year
• An Honors Capstone experience (3 credits) – thesis, senior project, or senior research project
• Additional Honors Seminars (6 Credits) – Honors Tutorials in regularly scheduled courses, approved by the Honors Coordinator and your Academic Advisor

Honors Students participate actively in the Honors Society and are expected to attend the University Lecture Series and other events sponsored by the University and the Honors Society.

Franklin’s Honors Society is a student-run organization that provides students with a unique opportunity for academic and social engagement. By combining the diverse interests of students and scholars from the College’s academic community with the funding and peer support that make the pursuit of these interests possible, the Honors Society facilitates a distinctive scholastic atmosphere on campus.

The Honors Society aims to provide its members with a stimulating intellectual and social environment within and outside the classroom. Each month, students are invited to diverse events, such as Learned Conversations on such topics as the challenges of international education, the role of menstruation at the workplace, or the toll of doomscrolling; other formats include special film screenings, or occasionally even excursions and workshops. The Honors Society also organizes special talks by distinguished international guest speakers – for instance, on Memory Wars in the New Europe, on Epidemiology post-Covid, and for an anthropological look at the moral self-image of commodity traders.