Honors Program
Unlock Your Potential Online, Hybrid & On-Campus
Welcome to the Honors Program, a community of high-achieving students dedicated to excellence, intellectual curiosity, and personal growth. Our program has several options that include the chance to take specialized honors courses, in the delivery format that best meets your needs, providing you with a challenging and enriching academic experience that goes beyond the traditional classroom setting.
Why join the Honors Program?
Academic Excellence: Our Honors Program offers a specially curated curriculum with a flexible schedule designed to deepen your knowledge, stimulate your critical thinking, and encourage innovative problem-solving. Honors students can choose from face-to-face, fully online, or hybrid courses that combine both styles! You will have the opportunity to engage in advanced coursework, participate in research projects, and work closely with our distinguished faculty who are experts in their fields.
Personalized Learning Experience: We understand that each student is unique, and our program is designed to cater to your individual interests and career goals. You'll receive personalized academic advising, have the opportunity to participate in specialized workshops, and be part of a supportive community that will help you grow both personally and academically.
Options for Multiple GPA Levels: Based on your GPA and goals, choose from our Honors, Honors Affiliate, or Honors Aspire Programs.
- Honors: 3.5 GPA, wanting to graduate with an Honors Diploma and recognition at Commencement.
- Affiliate: 3.2 GPA, wanting to take Honors classes without meeting Honor's Diploma requirements.
- Aspire: 3.0 GPA after earning minimum of 6 college credit hours, and wanting to take Honors classes without meeting Honor's Diploma requirements. A student may reapply for Affiliate or Honors status with a higher GPA.
Opportunities for Leadership and Growth: As a member of our Honors Program, you will have various opportunities to develop your leadership skills, participate in community service projects, and engage in extracurricular activities that will enhance your college experience and prepare you for future career success.
Competitive Edge: Graduating from our Honors Program will give you a competitive edge in the job market and in transfer school applications. Employers and transfer schools seek candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence, and our program will provide you with the skills and experiences necessary to stand out from the crowd.
Explore the Honors Program Details & Apply Today
To qualify for the Honors Program, students seeking an Honors Diploma or Honors Affiliate status must meet the following requirements and apply using the Honors Program application. (The application is a downloadable PDF that should be saved to your device, filled out, and signed, which can be a digital signature. The completed application should be submitted to the Honors Office through the Student Document Dropbox available in the myEFSC Portal).
To be eligible for the Honors Program, students must be enrolled in EFSC's Associate in Arts or an Associate in Science degree program. (EFSC bachelor's degree programs are not part of the Honors Program).
- Honors Program: 3.5 GPA + Application
- Affiliate Program: 3.2 GPA + Application
- Aspire Program: 3.0 GPA + minimum 6 college credit hours + Application
Honors, Honors Affiliate, and Honors Aspire students have different goals. While students in all three programs seek the challenges of the EFSC Honors Program and have access to Honors classes, only those classified as “Honors Students” can receive an Honors Diploma and special recognition at commencement.
Honors Affiliate and Honors Aspire students do not intend to complete the requirements for an Honors Diploma. Affiliate and Aspire students can qualify to change their status to Honors Student at any time, but Honors Diploma requirements must be met or be in progress and communicated to the Honors Office one semester before graduation.
The requirements listed below are for new Honors Program applicants. Current Honors Program students should refer to the graduation requirements listed in the EFSC Catalog for the year in which they enrolled at EFSC.
Honors Diploma Graduation Requirements
• 3.5 GPA or higher cumulative GPA
• 18 or more Honors credit hours including at least one 3-credit (or more) Honors
course completed at EFSC in addition to meeting the SLS 2261/SLS 2261H requirement
• 40 hours of community service through the Center for Service-Learning and Civic
Engagement
• Demonstration of leadership through completion of SLS 2261H or SLS 2261
Honors Affiliate Distinction Requirements
• 3.2 or higher cumulative GPA
• Minimum of 9 credit hours of Honors with a minimum grade of "C" and at least one 3-credit (or more) Honors course completed at EFSC to have the "Affiliate" distinction
noted on transcript.
Honors Aspire Requirements
• 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA
As part of the EFSC Honors Program, in addition to the tremendous learning experiences, you'll enjoy the following benefits:
- Small Classes, generally 6 to 15 students
- Recognition at Graduation (For full Honors program)
- Honors seal affixed to diploma (For full Honors program)
Library Benefits
- Up to 20 circulating items at a time
- Unlimited renewals will be granted as long as there are no Requests/Reserves on the item (Renewals subject to recall if needed)
- Temporary loan of reference materials will be allowed at the discretion of the librarian on duty
- Up to 10 interlibrary loan requests may be placed at a time
- Librarians will give more in-depth instruction on using subject indexes for research, placing interlibrary loan requests and using specialized research tools. Appointments with a librarian can be made for individual research assistance.
Note: Honors students should immediately identify themselves and present their card each time they need library assistance.
Campus Honors Advisors
Cocoa:
Jacquelyn Poitier-French
frenchj@easternflorida.edu
321-433-5408
Melbourne:
Cheryl Voors
voorsc@easternflorida.edu
321-433-5484
Palm Bay:
Debbie Sanders
sandersd@easternflorida.edu
321-433-5315
Titusville:
April Hurtado
hurtadoa@easternflorida.edu
321-433-5043
Barbara Fisher
fisherb@easternflorida.edu
321-433-5212
Ilana Grimes, EFSC Dean of Instruction
1519 Clearlake Rd, Bldg. 12, Rm. 203B
Cocoa, FL 32922
grimesi@easternflorida.edu
Phone: 321-433-5856
Before using, download the form to your computer in order to fill out, digitally sign, and save.
Honors Program Application [Writable PDF to fill out and submit through Student Document Dropbox]