UTSA Honors College

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Mission

To recruit and enrich the education opportunities of academically talented, curious, motivated, and diverse students through an interdisciplinary curriculum that includes opportunities for research, service, and leadership.

Vision

To be a nationally recognized leader in attracting highly talented and motivated students and to provide, through excellence in its undergraduate programs and initiatives, an avenue for them to affect the state, the nation, and the world.

Core Values

Honesty
Opportunity
Nurturance
Originality
Respect
Success

Graduation - May 2009

What's New in the Honors College?

Need Help With Your Honors Thesis?

Two templates have been made available to help students with their Honors Thesis . The first template is for the development of an Honors Thesis Proposal. The second template may be used for the preparation of the actual thesis. The templates and instructions may be found on the Research & Thesis page here.

Honors College Students Awarded

Several student members of the Honors College were recognized for their academic excellence at the 33rd Annual University Life Awards Ceremony. Click here for a full list of Honors College recipients.

Freshman Newsletter Now Available

A new Freshman newsletter has recently been posted. This newsletter provides great information for incoming students and may just answer some questions you have about becoming a Roadrunner. The newsletter can be found under the "Prospective Students" link or here.

Richard A. Diem, Ph.D.

Dean, Honors College
[Bio]

Welcome to the University of Texas at San Antonio's Honors College. The mission of the Honors College is to recruit and enrich the educational opportunities of academically talented, curious, motivated, and diverse students through an interdisciplinary curriculum that includes opportunities for research, service, and leadership. Our vision is to be a nationally recognized leader in attracting highly talented and motivated students and to provide through excellence in its undergraduate programs and initiatives an avenue for them to affect the state, the nation, and the world. Through our core values of honesty, opportunity, nurturance, originality, respect, and success the Honors College seeks to educate our students through broad interdisciplinary perspectives while demonstrating excellence in their chosen field.

UTSA's Honors College is open to students from all academic disciplines. Offering small classes, special interdisciplinary seminars, community service opportunities, supervised research experiences, and study abroad opportunities, the Honors College is a community of bright scholars, caring advisors and enthusiastic professors. We are building an exciting community and welcome you to join us.