The RIT Honors Program features several distinctive and complementary components. Honors students have access to special courses, seminars, projects and advising. They also participate in an Honors general education curriculum that brings together Honors students from colleges across the university. Students draw from a substantial menu of extracurricular opportunities to fashion individual plans for learning outside the classroom.
In addition to the Institute requirements and the regular requirements for all Saunders College students, Saunders College Honors students have the option of completing an Honors thesis.
The thesis topic is developed by students in consultation with a Saunders College faculty member who serves as the thesis advisor. Students are responsible for identifying this advisor and developing a research plan with him or her.
The thesis may be for either 4 or 8 credit hours, depending on its nature and scope. As a rough rule of thumb, about 100 hours of work should be expected for each 4 hours of thesis credit. The thesis replaces one or two courses that would otherwise be taken.
