The honors program is open only to seniors with at least a 3.0 GPA over-all. The student must undertake an Honors Project which will consist of 3 to 6 hours of Directed Studies in the Geological Sciences in lieu of 3 to 6 hours of electives. The Project will consist of field, laboratory, or library-oriented research supervised by a designated faculty member in the Department of Geological Sciences. The project must be completed by the end of the third week in November for the Fall semester or the end of the second week in April for the Spring Semester.

The student will take an oral examination before the Department Honors Committee based in part upon their research project and in part upon their general background of Geological Sciences course work. The examination will be given once each semester, the first week in December and the last week in April.