REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENTAL HONORS IN ENGLISH
HIRAM COLLEGE

It is our philosophy that honors students are capable of important careers in literature and/or writing. We will work closely with honors candidates to help them gather a better sense of what professional careers in English or writing might ask, and to move them towards to a professional level of work.

Hiram College requirements for Departmental Honors:
1) An overall grade-point average of at least 2.8
2) A departmental grade-point average of at least 3.6
All English Department courses (those with a prefix of ENGL or WRIT) will be counted towards students' departmental GPAs in determining Departmental Honors candidacy.
3) A sum of overall GPA and departmental GPA of 6.8.

To be a candidate for honors in English, a student must satisfy the following requirements in addition to the college requirements for honors:

  1. Work with a faculty member to revise either an analytical essay written in a 400-level seminar classes or (for majors in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis) a significant piece of creative writing composed in a 300-level writing course;
  2. Present copies of the revised work to members of the English department several days before the oral presentation (see 4, below);
  3. Submit the revised work to an undergraduate journal or literary review after receiving feedback from department members;
  4. Deliver a 10-minute oral presentation of the revised work.