Transfer and Continuing Student Cooper Honors Program Application

Deadline for receipt of application material:
June 1st for fall semester, January 1st for spring semester

The Jane E. Cooper Honors Program provides outstanding students the opportunity for an enhanced and supportive intellectual and social experience connected to the honors mission of academic excellence with integrity, building a global awareness, and leadership and civic engagement. Honors scholars become critical, independent thinkers who are active in the design and pursuit of their own education, and prepared to lead successful and fulfilling professional, civic, and cultural lives.

The following criteria are required for admission of continuing or transfer students into the Jane E. Cooper Honors Program. A "continuing student" is any student with at least two semesters completed (minimum of 24 credits that count towards graduation) at Penn State Brandywine. A "transfer student" is one with at least one completed semester at another university. If you are a student currently enrolled in an honors program at another Penn State campus and will be transferring to the Brandywine campus, please email the honors coordinator for the appropriate materials.

A student wishing to apply to the Cooper Honors Program must:

• Have a minimum university cumulative GPA of 3.40 (if a continuing Brandywine student, the cumulative GPA of 3.40 must be for at least two consecutive semesters).

• Be regularly enrolled in Penn State University, continuously enrolled in honors courses, and participate in the required co-curricular Honors Program activities (honors orientation, Socratic Symposium, Literary Launch, etc.).

• Have at a minimum three remaining semesters before graduation.

• Complete a one-credit thesis preparation course (L ST 301H) and give a presentation in a public forum of his/her honors senior thesis.

• Have earned a final semester and cumulative Penn State GPA of 3.40 at graduation.

• Support the honors mission of academic excellence with integrity, building a global awareness, engaging in leadership and civic engagement.

TRANSFER STUDENTS:  Download this application (MS Word document)

STUDENTS CURRENTLY AT PSU BRANDYWINE:  Download this application (MS Word document)

Complete and send an email with the attached MS Word file to honors@brandywine.psu.edu

You will receive an email confirmation in no more than three days that your application has been received.