E. Philip Saunders College of Business
Honors Program
The RIT Honors Program features several distinctive and complementary components:
Honors Curriculum: In their home colleges, 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 SCB students, SCB Honors students must complete two additional requirements, Data Analysis II and a junior/senior project, an Honors thesis.
The thesis topic is developed by students in consultation with a College of Business instructor. The students are responsible for finding a thesis advisor and developing a research plan with the advisor.
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, typically in the student's major, that would otherwise be taken.
When you are ready to apply, you can do so through the RIT Office of Admissions.