Alpha Delta Sigma recognizes and encourages scholastic achievement in advertising studies. Alpha Delta Sigma is the only national, professional advertising honorary society in American higher education. There may be a fee to join, and membership in the American Advertising Federation (AAF) is required.

Philosophy provides training for any career requiring analytical skills, intellectual discipline, and facility in considering issues from diverse viewpoints. Philosophy majors work in many fields, including law, medicine, business, public service, education, media, and more. Outstanding undergraduate majors in philosophy may be eligible for participation in the Philosophy Honors Program, a yearlong research experience culminating in a substantial honors thesis.

Delta Phi Alpha seeks to recognize excellence in the study of German and to provide an incentive for higher scholarship. Delta Phi Alpha inductees pledge to continue their study of the German language, literature, and culture.

Every year, The Media School identifies its top incoming journalism and public relations students and provides them with enhanced resources to ensure they’ll reach their full potential: faculty mentorship, advanced coursework, and travel and professional development opportunities.

The Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian Honor Society acknowledges superior scholastic performance in the field of Italian language, literature and culture. The society encourages college students to acquire a greater interest in, and a deeper understanding of, Italian culture, art and history. There may be a fee to join.

Students must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.6 in all course work taken toward the B.S. in Education degree, must be in the top 10 percent of the class, and must complete at least four full semesters in residence at Indiana University campuses to earn a degree with honors.

The Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAAD) introduces students to a wide range of current research and scholarly opinion on the history, culture, and social status of black Americans and their African heritage. AAAD majors with a minimum 3.300 cumulative grade point average and a minimum 3.300 grade point average within AAADS are eligible for our departmental honors program.

The Department of American Studies provides students with an opportunity to pursue the study of American cultures from an interdisciplinary perspective. You can earn an honors degree in American Studies, with the opportunity to conduct in-depth research and pursue your passion for a particular subject. An honors degree demonstrates your abilities as a researcher.

The study of animal behavior naturally crosses boundaries between disciplines, including biology, psychology, neuroscience, and anthropology. Students seeking the Honors Degree in Animal Behavior must conduct an independent research project, write a thesis, and successfully defend the thesis before a faculty committee.

Anthropology is the study of humans in all our biological and cultural complexity, through time and around the world. The anthropology honors program offers tutorial guidance to superior students who want to develop in-depth research interests.

The Department of Art History is dedicated to exploring and demonstrating the significance and meaning of art, visual experience, and their histories. The honors program in art history is designed to provide outstanding students with opportunities to pursue independent study and research. Our department encourages honors students to work closely with objects in one of IU’s many collections.

Astronomers study the entire universe—its past, present and future. The honors program is designed for superior students who are working toward the Bachelor of Science in Astronomy and Astrophysics and plan to pursue graduate studies in this field.

Outstanding students in Biology are encouraged to pursue departmental honors. The honors program complements the degree programs in Biology by giving students an opportunity to pursue independent, original research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Participation in the program provides many benefits, including practical research experience, advanced scientific writing skills, and insight into science careers.

The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program supports the study of Jews and Judaism in all its forms, from antiquity to the present. Students interested in earning departmental honors in the Jewish Studies Program should contact the program's advisor for additional information.

Students in Central Eurasian Studies develop language proficiency and cultural competency while studying current cultural and political situations within their historical contexts. Outstanding students are eligible for admission to the honors program at the end of their junior year.

The program is designed for especially well-qualified students who wish to acquire an unusually strong foundation in chemistry and to conduct original research. The heart of the honors program is participation in an undergraduate research project within a faculty research group. This research generally begins in the freshman or sophomore year.

In Classical Studies, we examine the ancient world so we can better understand our present. The honors program in Classical Studies offers talented students the intellectual challenge of independent research on any aspect of the ancient world—literature, art, architecture, history, or culture.

The Cognitive Science program explores the nature of intelligent systems. At its core, the program focuses on formal theories of mind and information. In the honors program, students gain research skills, in-depth knowledge of a particular cognitive science area, and working contact with individual faculty members. Completion of an independent project and an honors thesis allows candidates to transform their research interests into focused investigation, original project development, and coherent presentation of research results.

The Department of Comparative Literature studies literature and other arts across national, historical, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries. Honors students engage in advanced independent work, focusing on topics of particular interest.

The Computer Science honors program aims to provide talented students with opportunities to excel in coursework and research, while fostering the development of leadership skills and social responsibility.

The Department of Criminal Justice focuses on social norms, rules, and laws; the causes of their violations; and the social and legal response to these violations. The department offers outstanding students the opportunity to pursue important issues and problems in depth and to work closely with faculty in the departmental honors program.

The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences provides training for those who want to become professional geologists, environmental scientists, or atmospheric scientists. If you are expecting to conduct undergraduate research, you are encouraged to participate in the honors program. An honors student may take special reading courses and enroll in honors sections of regular undergraduate courses.

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures is a multidisciplinary and multicultural department that aims to provide students with an understanding of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages and cultures. The department's honors program is open to undergraduate students who want to distinguish themselves by engaging in an extended research project with close supervision from a faculty member.

Economics is the study of how individuals and societies manage their scarce resources—people must decide how much they work, what they buy, how much they save, and how they use their leisure time. Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Economics have two options for earning departmental honors.

The Department of English offers courses in all periods of English and American literary history, in major authors, in writing, rhetoric, language, film, poetry, fiction, and drama, and in relationships between literature and other disciplines. Outstanding students are eligible for admission to the honors program at the end of their junior year. The program consists of independent reading, research, and writing with tutorial instruction.

The Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology offers a major that includes the study of performance, specific cultures and regions, human diversity and worldview, and research methods. The honors program offers the opportunity to conduct independent research, complete a thesis paper or project, present your research, and graduate with an honors designation.

Through study in our department, students can gain proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking in French and Italian, as well as explore the literature and culture of Italy, France, and various francophone countries throughout the world. Our departmental honors program allows students to research in-depth a topic they choose and feel passionate about, and their work will show potential employers that graduates are self-motivated, resourceful, and skilled in deep analysis and high-level writing. Foreign travel is encouraged, and credit may be earned for intensive study in a foreign country.

The Department of Gender Studies offers interdisciplinary courses that explore the making and meaning of gender across cultures and social formations. The Department of Gender Studies offers in-depth tutorial guidance to advanced students who wish to pursue honors research and thesis writing. This is an excellent opportunity to craft an original research project in preparation for graduate programs.

Geography is the interpretive, scientific, and comparative study of space and place. The undergraduate program reflects the breadth of geography and its linkages to other social and physical sciences.

The Department of Germanic Studies offers a full curriculum including German language, linguistics, literature, media, thought, and culture, and society, as well as courses in Dutch, Yiddish, and Norwegian. In addition to regular coursework towards their major, honors students complete between one and three honors tutorials as well as an honors thesis.

The study of history prepares students to understand our changing world. Departmental Honors in History provides a way for talented undergraduates to explore for themselves the practice of history. Working closely with the faculty honors director and an individual faculty advisor, each honors student designs, researches, and writes a research project, tailored to their interests.

The Human Biology program provides students with a holistic understanding of our species with a focus on our biology. Outstanding students earning the B.A. or B.S. in Human Biology who are highly motivated to conduct independent research are encouraged to apply for the Human Biology Departmental Honors program. It is best suited to students who wish to expand and deepen their inquiry into an aspect of human biology beyond the core classes.

The Integrated Program in the Environment manages joint degrees between the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Its interdisciplinary nature reflects a commitment to preparing the next generation of scientists and leaders who face significant and complex challenges.

The Department of International Studies prepares students for the increasingly complex and interconnected world of the 21st century. The purpose of the honors track is to engage students motivated by research, passionate about a specific topic, and interested in pursuing advanced study related to international studies.

The Jacobs School of Music makes an effort to offer outstanding students opportunities appropriate to their abilities and interests. In addition to special courses, seminars, ensembles, and honors discussion sections, the Jacobs School of Music offers a formal program leading to the B.M., B.M.E., or B.S. degree with honors.

Linguistics is the scientific study of language in all its forms and uses. Students who have completed at least three courses in Linguistics with a minimum GPA of 3.500 are encouraged to apply to the Linguistics honors program.

Mathematics explores patterns in numbers, space, nature, music, science, and art. The honors program is designed for students with a wide variety of interests and goals. The program includes courses for students who are not majoring in science and mathematics. Honors coursework gives recognizably distinguished preparation to those who wish to apply mathematical methods to other fields.

The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures offers a major leading to the B.A. degree with tracks in Arabic, ancient Egyptian, Hebrew, and Persian. The honors program consists of two tracks: a research honors track that requires independent research and the completion of an honors thesis written in English, and an Arabic language honors track that incorporates advanced training in spoken and written Arabic.

The Molecular Life Sciences Program focuses on interdisciplinary approaches between the fields of biology, chemistry, medicine, and biotechnology, while drawing on recent advances in cellular, molecular, and structural biology. The honors program gives students an opportunity to pursue independent, original research. Participation in the program provides many benefits, including practical research experience, advanced scientific writing skills, and insight into science careers.

Whether you are interested in entering the workforce ready to engage in some of healthcare’s greatest challenges or preparing for a graduate-level program, the experience you can gain in the honors option is indispensable.

The Physics honors program provides well-qualified students with an exceptionally strong foundation in physics, both by encouraging excellence in coursework and recognizing the importance of early participation in research.

The Department of Political Science prepares students to assume the duties of citizenship; provides special knowledge and skills useful in public service, law, business, and other careers; and lays a foundation for the scholarly study of government and politics. The department offers an honors program for outstanding undergraduate students majoring in political science who wish to undertake original research and writing under the direction of a faculty sponsor.

As a science, psychology seeks to understand the basic principles by which living organisms adapt their behavior to the changing physical and social environments in which they live. The department offers special honors courses for advanced students. The courses allow students to get involved in research programs, conduct an independent research project, and complete an honors thesis.

The Department of Religious Studies offers students an opportunity to explore and understand the religious traditions of the world, as well as to study expressions of religious life and thought that may not fall within traditional patterns. Students who major in Religious Studies and have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.300 are eligible for the honors program in religious studies.

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures offers courses that meet a wide range of needs and interests in Russian, Polish, Czech, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Ukrainian, Romanian, and Old Church Slavonic. Outstanding undergraduate students in Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures may be eligible for participation in the departmental honors program.

Each year, graduating students who rank in the upper 10 percent of their graduating class are recognized by graduating with Distinction (Highest, High, and With Distinction). Additionally, the Bachelor of Social Work program has a Dean’s list to recognize student excellence.

Sociology is the scientific study of society and human social interaction as organized in systems of social relationships, organizations, and institutions. The Departmental Honors program in sociology permits outstanding students to pursue important issues and problems in depth.

The Spanish and Portuguese honors programs provide highly motivated students an opportunity to hone their critical, analytical, and organizational skills while further consolidating their Spanish or Portuguese competency.

Students who participate in the Honors Program in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences seek to deepen their understanding of the field of communication sciences and its disorders by engaging in independent scholarly and scientific research.

Most College departments offer honors programs that allow students to pursue independent study and research during their junior and senior years. The College recognizes outstanding academic performance with honors such as the executive dean's list, degrees with distinction, and more.

The Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance believes that theatrical productions and classroom study are of equal and complementary value. Researching and writing a departmental honors thesis offers high-achieving students a way to deepen their command of an area of interest. Many students choose projects with both an academic and a creative component, such as a research paper coupled with a dance performance.

Philosophy investigates fundamental questions about who we are, what we can know, how we should live, and what there is, as well as related foundational questions about mind and body, freedom and responsibility, justice and fairness, morality, logic, mathematics, language, the natural and social sciences, art, and religion. Outstanding undergraduate majors in the Interdepartmental B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science may be eligible for participation in the Philosophy/Political Science Interdepartmental Honors Program.

The curriculum of the Department of Philosophy can contribute to the intellectual training of all undergraduates and acquaint them with some of the most important developments in the history of ideas. Outstanding undergraduate majors in the Interdepartmental B.A. in Philosophy and Religious Studies may be eligible for participation in the Philosophy/Religious Studies Interdepartmental Honors Program.

Kappa Tau Alpha is a college honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and mass communication. Selection for membership is a mark of highest distinction and honor. There may be a fee to join.

The mission of the Kelley School of Business honors program is to foster a sense of community among academically talented student leaders, stimulate and challenge them intellectually in and outside of the classroom, and encourage the development of their leadership skills.

The Anthropology department offers student membership opportunities in the Kappa Chapter of Lambda Alpha, the National Collegiate Anthropological Honor's Society, a student organization. There may be a fee to join.

The Certificate in Liberal Arts and Management is an honors-level, interdisciplinary program offered by the College of Arts and Sciences in cooperation with the Kelley School of Business. It combines any College major with specialized training in business and management.

The Luddy Scholars program is the premier undergraduate scholarship program at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. Recipients of this prestigious award are afforded exclusive opportunities to interact with tech leaders, faculty, and alumni that will help them build their network.

Qualifying incoming freshmen in the  media, cinematic arts, and game design programs can apply to the Media Scholars programs, which offer honors classes, travel and professional development opportunities and faculty mentorship to students pursuing a major in media, cinematic arts or game design.

The Academic Honors Program recognizes the highest-achieving Media School students, offering access to honors classes, special faculty mentoring, a Career Exploration Scholarship for seniors, and invitations to join two unique student trips. Media School students can apply for this program during spring semester of their sophomore year.

O’Neill honors students engage in a variety of scholarly opportunities that not only prepare them for the type of professional research and writing that is needed in all careers, but also for graduate school. Honors program students also benefit from regular attendance at honors program activities and events, which help create a community of engaged students.

Omicron Delta Epsilon is one one of the world’s largest academic honor societies. It is dedicated to the encouragement of excellence in economics. Membership is open to both undergraduate and graduate students who meet the honor society’s and chapter's eligibility requirements. There may be a fee to join.

Phi Alpha Honor Society was established in 1962 to foster connections between social work students and promote humanitarian goals and ideas. Emphasizing high educational standards for social workers, Phi Alpha offers membership to students who demonstrate academic excellence. There may be a fee to join.

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest academic honor society for students in the arts and sciences. It is a distinguished and exclusive society that honors the best and brightest liberal arts students. There may be a fee to join.

The oldest academic honor society for a modern foreign language in the United States, Pi Delta Phi recognizes outstanding scholarship in the French language and its literatures, to increase the knowledge and appreciation of Americans for the cultural contributions of the French-speaking world, and to stimulate and to encourage French and francophone cultural activities. There may be a fee to join.

Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society, recognizes academic excellence by, and provides leadership opportunities for, undergraduate and graduate students in political science and related fields. There may be a fee to join.

The School of Public Health-Bloomington honors program provides a rich college experience to motivated, academically gifted, and engaged students. By promoting challenging coursework, encouraging leadership and service beyond the classroom, and providing opportunities for scholarly research, it prepares graduates for excellence in their public health careers.

Sigma Theta Tau is one of the most well-known and highly respected organizations in the nursing profession. You can be invited into Sigma if you are a nursing student who demonstrates excellence in scholarship. Nursing leaders with exceptional achievements in the field also are candidates for membership. There may be a fee to join.