Mentor-Supervised Independent Activity

Before you begin this activity, approach your mentor and make sure that all details of your activity have been agreed upon in writing, and that they amount to 45 hours (or more) of student input and meet the requirements spelled out in the current Honors requirements document found on the Honors Requirements page. You will need to submit all of these details later! 

Your request to apply this activity as a non-course Honors experience should be submitted after the experience has been completed, or before the last day of the semester. Submitted experiences that are not yet completed may be returned by the UHP Director for resubmission at the end of the experience. When you are ready to submit, complete the following Jadu form.

Mentor-Supervised Independent Activity Form

A decision request form will be sent to your mentor to confirm that you met expectations for this experience. All submissions are subject to review by the UHP Director and a secondary review by UHP admin.

Students may complete more than one mentor-supervised independent activity for non-course Honors experiences, but each must be clearly different in nature, such that the growth opportunity is evident each time.

More About Mentor-Supervised Independent Activities

Mentor-supervised non-course Honors experiences can take a variety of forms, including research, internships, and independent study. View examples of previous UHP approved experiences. 

If the proposed experience is a major or collegiate requirement, students wishing to count these as Honors Experiences must demonstrate the extraordinary nature of their experience that would go above and beyond what is typically done by non-Honors students completing the same major/collegiate requirement. At a minimum, UHP expects these experiences to provide significant growth opportunities of 45 or more hours in one or more of the following ways:
 

Academic: Interacting with and/or creating knowledge in an academic discipline under the guidance of a mentor with an appropriate graduate-level degree or credential from an accredited institution; should not duplicate topics or formats already available to undergraduates in existing coursework students have access to during their undergraduate degree

Professional: Directly related to student's career goals after graduation in a way that provides opportunities for growth and development; should go beyond a typical student campus or summer job

Personal: Directly related to student's sense of personal growth and development in a way that will provide long-term benefits to their sense of identity and life goals; should not be able to be reported under another non-course experience category (e.g., community engagement or internship)

Honors Reporting Center