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 (Leadership, Finance, Marketing, Business Law, Systems and a Senior Seminar Capstone) will substitute for the corresponding upper division business Core requirements. HCP students take the Honors courses as a group during their Junior and Senior years. They work closely with each other and their faculty team, developing a strong network of close relationships as part of their academic program. Students fulfill their major area course requirements from the specified curriculum for their declared business major.

Invitations to apply for the HCP are sent out in February to business students who, by the end of the Spring term, will have met the following criteria: Junior standing (minimum 60 units); completed all lower division prerequisites to the HCP courses; a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50; and have displayed strong verbal and writing skills. In addition, applicants submit an essay and letters of recommendation and meet with HCP faculty to assess commitment to active participation in the program.

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.

Click to read what current HCPers are saying about the program, and to download the application calendar and the application form.

For other questions please contact faculty advisor Dayle Smith.