Honors Advising

What is Honors Advising?

The mission of the Honors College Advising team is to provide exceptional advising that helps students craft a holistic plan for completing their degree while pursuing meaningful academic work, co-curricular experiences, and research opportunities at UW.

We partner with students to explain the requirements for Honors College degrees and to develop realistic, personalized plans for fulfilling them. Beyond academics, we help Honors students build community within the college and across campus by connecting them with valuable resources and opportunities. We also guide students in shaping cohesive, values-driven educational, career, and life plans.

Honors College advisors proactively collaborate with academic advisors in all the other UW colleges—especially those who serve as primary major advisors to Honors students—to ensure they have up-to-date information about the Honors curriculum and courses.

Have questions about your Honors degree? Please contact the Honors academic advising team at honorsadvising@uwyo.edu.

Honors Degree Plans

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What is an Honors Advisor vs a Major Advisor?

All UW students are assigned an advisor within their major college or department. Students must meet with their primary advisor at least once each semester to review their upcoming course schedule and obtain their Personal Electronic Registration Code (PERC). Without this meeting, students cannot register for Fall or Spring classes.

For Honors majors, your Honors advisor functions as one of your essential advisors and you must meet with them at least once per semester. For Honors minors, your Honors advisor strengthens the work of your primary advisor. In all cases, we help Honors students understand the Honors curriculum and select appropriate Honors courses. We also assist in creating personalized four-, five-, or six-year graduation plans as well as coordinating transfer credit, study abroad opportunities, and course substitutions within the Honors College. Additionally, we offer support in study skills, career exploration, and campus engagement. Finally, we help students thoughtfully integrate their requirements from outside Honors with the requirements of the Honors curriculum—especially in programs like Honors Engineering or Honors/English, among others. 

 

 

Honors Requirements

Through engaging with Honors Advising, you will be able to understand the requirements for completing the Honors degree programs.

Active Membership

Through engaging with Honors Advising, you will be able to understand the requirements for maintaing good standing/status within the Honors College. 

Semester Course Schedule

Through engaging with Honors Advising, you will be able to create a tentative course schedule to share with your primary major advisor each semester.

Registration Competency

Through engaging with Honors Advising, you will be able to demonstrate competency using the WyoRecords registration system.

Degree Planning

Through engaging with Honors Advising, you will be able to Utilize Degree Works and Four-Year Degree Plans to map and monitor progress towards your degree.

Educational/Career Goals

Through engaging with Honors Advising, you will be able to articulate your educational and experiential goals at UW as well as how those goals fit into your career plans.

Capstone Planning

Through engaging with Honors Advising, you will be able to develop a plan for completing your Honors Capstone Project

Additional Advising Support when you need it most

Each semester prior to Advising Week and course registration, we offer additional advising resources to help students prepare for their appointments with their primary advisors and for course registration. These resources include increased group advising/Capstone Project information sessions, individual advising, email and phone advising, and dissemination of Honors curriculum requirements, course offerings, and other information through email and other digital channels.

 

Resources

Degree Requirements Capstone Project External Scholarships Financial Support

 

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Meet with an HonorS Advisor

Our Honors advisors are eager to meet with you! You’re welcome to choose the advisor you’d like to meet with—and you can schedule meetings more than once each semester. Building a strong relationship with an Honors advisor is an important step toward achieving greater academic and personal success.

 

Li Teng, Student Success Ella Daniel Gray, External Scholarships Laura Olson, Career Counseling