Honors Cohort Program

The Honors Cohort Program (HCP), designed to recognize academically successful students in the McLaren College of Business, brings a student cohort together for a learning community experience. Students selected for the HCP take a series of courses in the honors curriculum and also participate in the supplemental experiences- including executive speakers, a mentoring program, and other activities offered to enrich and integrate the overall program.

The six Honors courses substitute for the corresponding upper division business Core requirements. HCP students take the Honors courses as a cohort during their Junior and Senior years. Students fulfill their major area course requirements from the specified curriculum for their declared business major.

To qualify for the HCP, business majors must meet the following minimum criteria: Junior standing (minimum 60 units); completed all lower division prerequisites to the HCP courses; a minimum cumulative university and business GPA of 3.50; and display strong verbal and writing skills. HCP students must maintain a minimum average GPA of 3.30 in all HCP courses as well as an overall University GPA of 3.30. Students completing the HCP will graduate with Honors in Business.

HCP Upper Division Business Core Curriculum Requirements

• BUS - 491 Legal Environment of Business
• BUS - 492 Marketing Management
• BUS - 494 Honors: Organizations Behavior and Leadership (Service Learning)
• BUS - 495 Honors: Financial Management
• BUS - 498 Systems in Organizations
• BUS - 496 Honors Capstone