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Engineering Honors (EH) students in the multidisciplinary engineering (MTDE) department must satisfy the academic and participation requirements listed below.
Academic Requirements
Students must earn at least 18 hours of honors credits (undergraduate honors courses with HNR prefix or graduate courses) in courses offered by the Colleges of Engineering or Arts and Sciences.*
*Any math or science course offered by the College of Arts and Sciences (e.g., biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, or statistics) can be used to fulfill EH requirements, as long as it is approved as part of the student's degree plan.
The hours must consist of the following:
- At least 12 hours must be engineering credit hours (including honors ENGR courses plus honors courses from all departments or majors)
- No more than 6 hours of graduate courses registered for undergraduate credit
- Between 4-6 hours of research (ENGR 491H)**
- ENGR 181H - 1 credit hour EH seminar course
For ways to earn honors credit, please visit the General Requirements page.
** Students can use no more than 6 hours of research toward the total 18 hours.
Graduation requirements:
- Earn a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher
- Earn a GPA of 3.25 or higher in honors courses
- Receive no honor code violations
Participation Requirements
- Honors Meeting: Meet with the EH-MTDE Department Coordinator during each academic year - email Dr. Brumbelow at kbrumbelow@tamu.edu to schedule your meeting
- Activity: Participate in at least one EH activity each regular semester - view the EH calendar to see all EH activities
- Annual Survey: Complete the EH survey (sent out via email) in May of each year