Students of exceptional academic ability are encouraged to participate in the College Honors Program, where they will have opportunities for learning on a level equal to their ability and intellectual curiosity. This program fosters depth and breadth of scholarship, as well as seriousness about independent learning.

 

Many Honors students will begin work in their first semester, when they are selected from the top entering students and invited to enroll in Honors courses. After the first semester, Honors students are selected on the basis of their outstanding academic achievement while at Peace. Students who are on the Dean’s List with Distinction can be invited into the Honors Program. Honors students will be given priority registration and other enrichment opportunities to ensure that they have the maximum experience in their time at Peace.

 

Honors students belong to a cohesive scholarly group. In most cases, they study together in three or more courses in both semesters of the first year, solidifying a strong bond with each other and a sense of their place within the College community.

 

Student Amanda Cross has enjoyed her experience in the program: "The Honors program has provided me with numerous challenges and opportunities. I have admired and looked up to, interacted with, and built a rapport with some truly amazing individuals because I am a part of this program."

 

Honors students understand the College’s special vision of them as well as the unusual opportunity offered to them from the very first moments of their campus lives. Membership in this group develops in these students a sense of their potential for leadership in the classroom and on the campus.