Maintaining Eligibility
Academic Disqualification: Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher to maintain active status in the Franke Honors College. Any student whose cumulative GPA falls below 2.0 at the end of the academic year will be inactivated from the Franke Honors College. Inactivated students are encouraged to seek academic support services offered by the university, including tutoring, academic advising, and counseling, to help improve their academic performance.
A student who is inactivated from the Franke Honors College is able to apply for reentry through the Current Wildcat Application after raising their GPA to 3.4 or higher. A final cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher is required in order to graduate with Honors.
Franke Honors Code of Conduct Disqualification: Honors students are expected to maintain the highest standards of academic integrity. Students who violate the University's Code of Conduct or Code of Academic Integrity may be placed on probation or removed from The Franke Honors College. Students may also be deactivated from the Franke Honors College for intentional misuse or abuse of Honors privileges or resources. The Dean's decision can be appealed to the Provost.
Transition to Arizona Online or Leave of Absence from the University: Students who change campuses to Arizona Online or takes a leave of absence for more than 2 consecutive regular semesters (fall and spring) will be deactivated from the Franke Honors College.
Appeal Disqualification: The Franke Honors College recognizes extreme circumstances may have an impact on a student. Therefore, the Franke Honors College has established an appeals process to accommodate those students who wish to retain their Honors status. Students should contact their Franke Honors College Academic Advisor for information regarding the appeal.
Withdrawing from the Franke Honors College
Students may choose to drop from the Honors College by submitting a drop survey. It is the student's responsibility to initiate this process. In order to qualify a refund of the semester's Honors fee, the drop survey must be submitted prior to the 21st calendar day of the semester. Drop surveys submitted after that date will not result in a fee refund for the current semester, but will prevent future semesters' charges.
Honors students who are not planning to graduate with honors are not required to formally withdraw from the Honors College prior to graduation. Students in good academic standing may maintain their enrollment in Honors throughout their undergraduate career, regardless of their progression toward honors graduation requirements.
Franke Honors College membership comes with many privileges, which will no longer be available after dropping from Honors. Some of these include:
- Early registration with Honors students
- Enrollment in Honors courses, honors sections, and completing honors contracts
- Scholarships offered through The Franke Honors College
- Access to the Honors Village
- Any other Honors-specific benefits
Other notes:
- Students who disqualified or choose to drop from the Franke Honors College will not be dropped from their in-progress honors courses. Students who wish to withdraw from honors courses must adhere to university withdrawal policies and deadlines.
- Students who are not active in Franke Honors may not enroll in honors courses or sections including Honors independent studies, Honors contracts, Honors sections, and any other Honors courses.
- Students who have withdrawn from the Franke Honors College may rejoin at a later time via the Current Wildcat application process. Honors courses completed during the initial honors enrollment may not count toward the honors graduation requirement.