Carroll University Honors Program
The Honors Program at Carroll University is the place for motivated and engaged students to get the most from Carroll University’s Liberal Arts Tradition.
Carroll's Liberal Arts tradition prepares students for successful careers and responsible global citizenship. We do this by providing a well-rounded education that fosters intellectual agility, and a broad worldview. The Honors Program curriculum seamlessly integrates into students’ existing institutional and major graduation requirements. In the Honors Program you will pursue a depth of knowledge within an enriched curriculum. You will engage in activities and projects with a thoughtful focus on cultural competence, intellectual development, citizenship, and leadership.
Honors at Carroll is an interdisciplinary, integrative experience, specifically designed to provide a fertile environment for curious and engaged students to cultivate their passions and develop critical and system-thinking skills and collaborative working abilities. The program encourages personal growth, so that students may become ethically-minded professionals and global citizens. We work towards these goals in an inclusive, tightly-knit learning community of dedicated students, faculty, and staff.
The Honors experience will strengthen and broaden your ability to act with leadership as an engaged citizen and a skilled professional, regardless of your chosen field.
"Carroll’s Honors Program values its student’s education through creating course content that not only peaks our interest but instills in us lifelong skills that we can take with us in pursuing our future careers."
— Tim Wallace '25
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Program Characteristics
- Designed to foster the development of critical and integrative approaches to problem solving
- Grounded in cooperative work and collaborative learning with similarly motivated Honors students
- Geared towards the cultivation of leadership traits
- Built around smaller and dynamic classes, exclusive to Honors students, which allows for close interaction, discussion and/or debate between faculty and students
Special Features
- Honors Hall of Residence at A. Paul Jones Honors Hall for first-year Honors students
- Access to early registration for all courses, Honors and not, beginning in the fall semester of the first year in the Program
- Exclusive access to academic and advising support at the Honors Center Office, Advising Office and Office of International Education
“The Carroll University Honors Program ignited my sense of belonging at school. As a commuter it can be challenging to make meaningful relationships. Being a part of the Honors Program helped me build those lasting relationship upon arriving at school and provided us fun events and comfortable places to bond.”