Important Dates for Honors Advisors
Graduation Analysis requires a two-step process to confirm honors in the major during the student's last semester at Iowa. Students must apply for their degree on MyUI before they can be awarded honors in their major.
The following dates only apply during the student's last semester at Iowa:
- Graduation Applications are always due by the last business day of the month following the start of the semester.
- After grades post you will receive an email asking you to verify if all applicants have completed the requirements to earn honors in the major within 2-3 business days; typically on the Thursday following the end of the semester.
Engineering, Nursing, and Tippie Honors Advisors
For colleges administering their own application process for honors in the major:
- After the degree application deadline has passed send a list of students eligible to graduate with honors in the major to the Registrar Services Coordinator.
- After grades post you will receive an email asking you to verify if all applicants have completed the requirements to earn honors in the major within 2-3 business days; typically on the Thursday following the end of the semester.
New Honors Advisors
Welcome to the Honors at Iowa community and thank you for supporting honors education! A few tips to get started in your new role:
- Learn how students become members of the University Honors Program. Note that membership is not required to graduate with honors in the major.*
- Know the requirements to earn honors in the major you're assigned to; we recommend making them available on your department's website. Your students will have a lot of questions!
- Know how students apply to graduate with honors in the major.
- Help us keep our Honors Advisor Directory up-to-date and let us know who you are by emailing honors-program@uiowa.edu.
Questions? Contact the Honors Advising Director Holly Yoder (holly-yoder@uiowa.edu) with questions related to advising honors students. Contact the Honors Director Dr. Shaun Vecera (shaun-vecera@uiowa.edu) regarding honors in the major requirements and teaching honors.
*University Honors Program membership is not a given requirement for students to earn honors in their major. Individual departments or colleges may determine membership should be required for students who wish to earn honors in their major.