MISSION STATEMENT The University of Georgia Honors Program provides capable and motivated students with a rich, rigorous, and rewarding undergraduate experience. Through both on- and off-campus learning opportunities, the Honors Program helps students fulfill their civic responsibilities and realize their creative and intellectual potential. INTRODUCTION The Honors Program at the University of Georgia is one of the oldest and most respected programs in the United States. Since its inception in 1960, the program has come to be recognized for its high standards and for the opportunities and challenges it offers undergraduates in all disciplines, majors, and schools. Admission to the Honors Program is highly competitive, and Honors students represent only 10 percent of UGA's undergraduate population. Honors students are highly motivated undergraduates who are committed to making the most of the many educational opportunities available at UGA. The Program provides participants with special Honors classes in the core curriculum, more intensive versions of courses required for departmental majors, upper division Honors Option classes, Honors colloquia, seminars, and undergraduate research courses culminating in an Honors thesis. Most Honors classes and seminars have enrollments of 20 students or less and are taught by specially selected faculty. Such faculty have the opportunity to introduce the course material more deeply and employ innovative and more individualized approaches. Students can choose from more than 200 Honors classes offered annually. There is no specific Honors course load per semester, although first- and second-year students are expected to take at least three Honors courses per year. The undergraduate bulletin (bulletin.uga.edu) lists Honors classes under the departments in which they are offered; Honors course numbers are followed by an "H." Depending on cumulative grade point average, Honors grade point average, and the number and type of Honors classes taken, a student may graduate with Honors, High Honors, or Highest Honors. These Honors designations are in addition to academic honors (cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude) awarded by the University. Additionally, Honors students may have the opportunity to enroll in graduate courses, to declare an Honors interdisciplinary major developed from several academic disciplines, and to participate in the combined Bachelor's/Master's Degree Program. Included in the Honors Program are the Foundation Fellows Program, Ramsey Honors Scholarship Program, Courts International Scholars Program, Honors in Washington Internship Program, Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO), and Crane Leadership Scholarship Program. The Foundation Fellowship and the Ramsey Honors Scholarship are the most prestigious scholarships available to UGA undergraduates. CURO participants attend seminars on research in the broad disciplines and are encouraged to undertake projects under the guidance of faculty members. Opportunities for students to share their research include annual symposia and such publications as The Undergraduate Science Bulletin (TUSB) and the Journal for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (JURO@GA).