:: Admission Requirements for Honors Program
:: Apply to the Honors Program
:: Requirements for Continued Eligiblity
Admission Requirements for the Honors Program
The College Honors Program is open to any continuing Letters and Science student with a cumulative UCSB grade-point average of 3.5 on a minimum of 12 letter-graded UC baccalaureate units.
Entering first-year students are invited into the College Honors Program based upon a comprehensive review of the application for UC admission.
In the typical entering freshman class, 10 percent of the students are in the College Honors Program. Eligible students will be invited automatically to the Letters and Science Honors Program and will be notified in March. A separate application is not required.
Transfer students entering UCSB with a 3.6 GPA from their previous college (3.5 GPA if from another UC) are invited into the College Honors Program.
Regents Scholars in the College of Letters and Science are automatically admitted to the College Honors Program.
Please note: Eligibility criteria are subject to change at any time.
Apply to the College Honors Program
The application is available online and can be found here.
Attention:
If you submitted an online application on Thursday, November 12 through Monday, November 16, please re-submit. We apologize for the inconvenience, but it is possible that we did not receive your application.
Please note: Your application and record will be reviewed at the end of the quarter that you submit the application. We will communicate the outcome of your application by email. Priority registration will then be available for the first pass time after we have accepted your application (typically for registration for the second quarter after you submit your application).
Requirements for Continued Eligibility in the Honors Program
In order to continue in the program, students must complete at least six honors-designated units per year and maintain a 3.5 overall grade-point average. An annual review of all honors students' transcripts is conducted each summer.
Download an informational sheet (PDF) on College Honors Program Guidelines and Requirements.
Please direct any questions regarding the annual review to either of the Honor programs Advisors, Rocio Angeles, rangeles@LTSC.ucsb.edu, or Joe O'Brien, jobrien@LTSC.ucsb.edu.
