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Honors and Opportunities
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The First Year Experience Program offers 2-unit courses designed to help new students make the most of their UC San Diego education.
At Seventh, we provide many opportunities for talented and intellectually ambitious students to maximize their educational experience and distinguish themselves academically and professionally.
Offered through the Office of the Provost, Seventh College's First-Year Honors Seminar sponsors activities and events designed to introduce students to the pioneering research and innovative scholarship at UC San Diego and in the surrounding community.
Eligible first-year students will be invited to enroll in SEV 20 - First-Year Honors Seminar, at the end of each academic quarter for the next quarter's enrollment. Incoming first-year students will be eligible for invitations beginning their first Winter quarter.
The Academic Senate has established the following standards for award of college Honors at graduation:
Eligibility is based upon the cumulative grade point average and completion of at least seventy-two units of coursework at the University of California. Refer to Latin Honors for GPA cut-offs.
Each department or program may award Honors at graduation. Check with your department or program for details.
Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary, is the most prestigious undergraduate honor society in the liberal arts and sciences in the United States.
UC San Diego students are elected and invited to membership by the Sigma Chapter based on the excellence of their academic record, the breadth and quality of courses taken, and evidence that they have pursued a serious line of work and are of good character. Refer to the Phi Beta Kappa website for eligibility criteria and election procedures.
The Seventh College Individual Studies major allows students to pursue a coherent course of study that is not formally recognized as a major at UC San Diego, but would otherwise meet all the standards established by the College and by the Academic Senate.
The proposal must be approved by the Seventh College Executive Committee. Official notification of the committee’s decision will be sent via the Virtual Advising Center.