Honors in Major projects are completed during your senior year at NSU (or during the last two semesters of your undergraduate curricular engagement). While your Honors in Major project may include credit-bearing coursework, it does not increase the requirements for your degree program.
Each NSU academic college has unique opportunities and requirements for the Honors in Major program. Click on the tabs below to learn more.
Students in NSU's Abraham S. Fischler College of Education complete upper-level courses with supplemental projects such as:
Faculty members serve as mentors for students in the program.
Students make presentations based on their projects to peers and faculty and at conferences.
Students in NSU's College of Engineering and Computing participate in distinctive capstone projects relevant to each of the majors in the college.
Projects may be further customized for each student and may include:
Students present the results of these projects in a relevant forum. Faculty serve as mentors to individual students.
Students in NSU's Halmos College of Arts and Sciences participate in major-specific projects:
Choose between:
OR
Students in NSU's Halmos College of Arts and Sciences also engage in upper-level academic and experiential major-specific activities.
During the two-semester senior year experience, students are required to engage successfully in the following:
Students in NSU's College of Health Care Sciences complete a project specific to each major:
Students select from the following project options:
Students select from the following project options:
Students select from the following project options:
Students select from the following project options:
NSU's College of Nursing (CON) candidates participate in a supplemental interview. Applicants must demonstrate a history of an ongoing and continuing community involvement.
Students are required to:
Students in the NSU College of Psychology's undergraduate programs in Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience must have a 3.8 GPA in major courses, in addition to an overall GPA of 3.8.
Student may choose between the following:
OR
To participate in the research track, an interview is required to assure mutual compatibility.
There are two tracks available for the BPH, BSHN, HAWC, and BSHI programs. Please choose from the following:
To participate in the project track, an interview with a faculty mentor is required.
During the two-semester senior year experience, students are required to engage successfully in the following: