If you are enrolled in the Honors Program, there are cases in which you may earn Honors credits in a non-Honors course. To do this, you work out a plan with the instructor of the course to be converted, submit an Honors conversion request to be approved by the instructor and your Honors Advisor, and "convert" the course to Honors credit by completing agreed upon work and earning a B- or above in the course and having it approved by the instructor.
For approved conversions, the "Honors credit" notation should appear on your transcript within four weeks after grades are posted. If Honors credit has not been posted by the beginning of the following semester, please email honors@uconn.edu.
Please read the Honors Conversion Policy before pursuing an Honors Conversion.
IMPORTANT: Search for the course in the Dynamic Class Search, Honors Classes Only because courses with Honors sections available cannot be converted.
Look through Examples of Conversions and Standards for an Honors Conversion.
Communicate with your instructor before submitting a conversion request.
Only submit requests for the current semester.
Know who your Honors advisor is or if you have two listed in Student Admin, choose the one of your Honors major. If Honors advisor is not in drop down, please contact honors@uconn.edu.
The system may not allow changes for selecting the wrong instructor or Honors advisor. If this happens, the original request may be denied and a new request may be needed.
IMPORTANT: Students need to receive the email confirming instructor and advisor approval of their conversion request prior to beginning conversion work.
Summer 2019 approved conversion request are due one week into the course. Fall 2019 approved conversion requests are due, Friday, September 13th. Please email honors@uconn.edu with any questions or concerns.
Graduate courses (5000 and above in the course catalog) may count as Honors credit toward your Honors graduation requirements if approved by your Honors advisor on your Honors Final Plan of Study. You do not need to complete a conversion form. Graduate courses will not be noted as "Honors credit" on your transcript.
S/U courses and courses placed on P/F are not eligible for Honors credit.
If you wish to do Honors work while participating in an Education Abroad program, you may propose a conversion project with the on-site instructor. Education abroad conversions require approval from the Honors advisor in the department approving the course for UConn credit and the Honors advisor in the student's major department. Alternatively, you may work under the supervision of the Honors advisor in the course department-from a distance-to complete a conversion project for a course taken while abroad.
At the end of the semester, instructors will be sent an email message asking them to approve Honors conversions via the on-line Honors conversion system.
Students may check the status of their conversions via the on-line Honors conversion system (coming soon).
Instructors and Honors advisors may view the status of the Honors conversions for their students via the on-line conversion system (coming soon).
Make sure to consult the regulations included on the Honors Conversion Policy.