Global Honors Experiences
Global Honors Experiences
Global Honors encourages students to grow both academically and personally—inside and outside the classroom. Through Global Honors Experiences, students can tailor their Honors journey by choosing opportunities that align with their personal interests and college goals.
Students must earn at least 100 points through approved Global Honors Experiences. The table below outlines current experience options and their values. Students may also propose new experiences not listed in the table using the online submission form. Proposals are reviewed once per semester by the Honors Council.
All experiences must be submitted for review during the semester they are completed via the Global Honors Canvas Organization. Late submissions will not be accepted, and points will be forfeited.
Students can track their progress and view the status of their submitted experiences in the Global Honors Canvas Organization.
SUBMITTING Global Honors Experinces
Approved Global Honors Experiences
Each experience listed in the table below may be repeated for additional points. For example, a student may take SPA 203 for 25 points and also take SPA 204 for an additional 25 points, giving the student 50 points total for those two experiences.
| Point Value | Approved Global Honors Experiences |
|---|---|
| 5 | – MLK Day of Service – Honors Programs (per program) – Honors Presentations (per presentation) – Honors Lectures (per lecture) – Attend a Let’s Learn! session – Attend an Honors Symposium session – Volunteer for the URSCO Expo – Serve as an Honors Colloquium Connector (1 class session) – Conference attendance (per conference) – Spartan Spears (per semester) |
| 10 | – Safe/Trans Zone Training (2 sessions) – Honors Ambassadors (per year) – Honors Symposium or on-campus conference presentation – Honors trips (NY or DC) – Joining the executive board of a club or society (per Year) – Serving as chair or co-chair of a Residential College committee or club (per year) – Serving as Residential College Community Mentor (per year) – Becoming a Peer Educator with the Office of Intercultural Engagement (per year) – Becoming a Peer Academic Leader with First-Year Experience (per year) – Student submission There Be Dragons study abroad blog |
| 15 | – Spartans in Dialogue (5 weeks) – Bronze Level Leadership Challenge (5 weeks) – Civic Engagement Fellows Civic Engagement Academy – State or National Honors conference presentation |
| 20 | – 20 hours of community service completed on campus or within the city of Greensboro. Must be completed from this list: Community Service & Civic Engagement. Community service projects must be at least 20 hours long and be completed at one site. Community service completed for the OLCE Leadership Challenges cannot be counted. If you are an on-campus student, you must complete a UNCG-approved community service project to earn Global points. If you are an online student, you must contact Kaitlyn Anderson (kvwillia@uncg.edu) to verify that your proposed community service can count toward Global points. – 20 hours internship experience – Discipline-specific, off-campus state or national conference presentation – Complete a capstone research project in your major (must receive a grade of B or higher to be awarded Global Honors points) |
| 25 | – Additional semester of a foreign language beyond 102 (must earn a final grade of B or higher) – Additional Honors course (beyond the required two courses; must earn a final grade of B or higher) – Alternative Spring Break – Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities (1 semester) – Student Government Association (1 semester) – Global Leadership Program (1 semester) |
| 30 | – Short-term study abroad trips (less than 14 days) – Undergraduate Research Experience (per semester) HSS 490 and XXX 493 or its equivalent cannot be used to satisfy both Disciplinary Honors and Global Honors requirements Semester long research projects that do not satisfy Disciplinary Honors requirements may be used to satisfy Global Honors Experiences requirements. Ex. Undergraduate Research Assistantship Students will be required to have their participation in Undergraduate Research confirmed by URSCO and/or the faculty person they worked with when they submit their Global Honors Experiences Form which is available via the Global Honors Canvas Organization. |
| 35 | Silver Level Leadership Challenge (2 semesters) |
| 50 | – Semester of study abroad (Fall or Spring semester) – Approved summer study abroad – Gold Level Leadership Challenge (2 semesters) – Pubantz Artist in Residence Program (2 semesters) |
| 100 | – Full year of study abroad (Fall & Spring semesters) |