Enhancing Undergraduate Education, For Students and Faculty Alike

Carolina faculty play an integral role in the success of Honors Carolina, engaging with students through thought-provoking classroom discussions, hands-on research projects and unique learning experiences built on a shared passion for knowledge.

Honors Carolina relies on the active participation and valuable support of faculty and staff. Discover how you can get involved in Honors Carolina today.
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Honors Carolina Faculty & Staff Handbook

A resource for policies, procedures, dates, and answers to frequently asked questions
FACULTY & STAFF HANDBOOK
My most rewarding teaching experience at the University was an Honors Carolina course I taught. Students consistently posed such thoughtful questions that the course became an exhilarating teaching — and, indeed, learning — experience for me.
Jerma Jackson
Associate Professor of History

Senior Honors Thesis

Faculty Advisors

Many Carolina students cap their undergraduate experience with a Senior Honors Thesis, partnering with a faculty mentor to develop original research or creative work.
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Research Grants

Research grants up to $500 are available to help students offset the costs associated with a Senior Honors Thesis. Students apply through their major department's honors director or their project advisor. A Call for Applications is sent to departments early each semester.
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Reporting Deadlines

Fall: 2nd Monday in November

Spring: 2nd Monday in April
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Honors Contract

With the professor’s permission, Honors Carolina students may pursue an independent project of their own design within a regular course. The project should complement the course work and must produce a tangible final product — written, performed, or exhibited.

If you are approached about creating an Honors Contract, please talk with the student and determine if you can design a mutually agreeable project.

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Your job is to see that they get a chance. To help them step forward. Help them grow. Help them enrich their lives. And when you do that, then you create a whole army of positive motion.
Bill Friday
UNC System President (1956-1986)