The Queens College Scholars Program

The Queens College Scholars Program offers high school seniors with exceptional records (including top grades and SAT scores) four-year merit awards regardless of academic major.

For further information about the Honors Program, visit the
Queens College Honors site.

The Freshman Honors Program

The Freshman Honors Program provides first-year students with an interrelated liberal arts curriculum that satisfies core requirements and integrates experiential components into coursework. Benefits include advanced registration privileges, guaranteed seats in honors classes, small classes and coordinated, interrelated course work. Further benefits are experiential components that integrate honors course work, individualized academic advising, mentoring relationships with faculty and individualized mentoring in applying for scholarships.

For further information about the Honors Program, visit the
Queens College Honors site.

Honors in the Humanities

Honors in the Humanities was established more than 30 years ago and is the oldest honors program at Queens College. The program is designed for students who seek understanding of the origins and history of our contemporary artistic and intellectual culture. The full sequence of courses covers a broad range of fundamental works of literature, religion, history, philosophy and art. As a result, Honor in the Humanities complements majors in any division of the college.

For further information about the Honors Program, visit the
Queens College Honors site.

Honors in Mathematical and Natural Sciences (Science Honors)

Honors in Mathematical and Natural Sciences (Science Honors) enhances the undergraduate education of students who are interested in a career in the mathematical and natural sciences by helping them choose a major, obtain early access to research opportunities, pursue a research project to a successful conclusion and become participating members of the community of scholars at Queens College. Students get to know each other during the seminar course; they work together on hands-on exercises and presentations of their own research projects.

For further information about the Honors Program, visit the
Queens College Honors site.

Honors in the Social Sciences Program (HSS)

HSS encourages students to gain an in-depth understanding of social science traditions and methods. It offers ambitious students a rigorous course of study emphasizing theories and methods from several social scientific disciplines, as well as the opportunity to work closely with HSS faculty to develop unique multi-disciplinary honors projects.

For further information about the Honors Program, visit the
Queens College Honors site.

The TIME 2000

This program is an undergraduate program specially designed for prospective secondary school mathematics teachers. TIME 2000 participants stay together for their mathematics and education courses, taught by a team of professors dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of school mathematics. Students take approximately 45 credits in mathematics and 24 credits in secondary education. Participants and professors meet for breakfast on a monthly basis for special events that include guest speakers, performances, student presentations, peer advisement and program updates.

For further information about the Honors Program, visit the
Time 2000 site.