H-Options
Upcoming H-Option Due Dates:
- H-Option Fall Term Form Deadline 1: Monday, September 29, 2025, at 4:00 pm.
- H-Option Fall Term, Form Deadline 2: Monday, November 17, 2025, at 4:00 pm.
- H-Option Spring Term Form Deadline 1: Monday, February 23, 2026, at 4:00 pm.
- H-Option Spring Term Form Deadline 2: Monday, April 27, 2026, at 4:00 pm.
Note: You are welcome to submit Form 2 earlier than the deadline. Email David Welsch (welschd@uww.edu) for extensions.
Instructions for Students:
- Review the Guidelines for H-Option Projects.
- Review some examples of successful H-Option Projects to collect ideas for your H-Option Project. The examples are divided into 100/200-level H-Option Projects and 300/400-level H-Option Projects. You may also view additional recent examples in the H-Options Application.
- Meet with a professor with whom you are interested in working on an H-Option Project. Share your project idea with your professor and solicit feedback. Design a project together. Please keep in mind that while one instructor agreed to a particular project, another instructor may not. Determining whether a project qualifies as an "H-Option" is always at the instructor's discretion.
- Be sure to follow the timeline for submitting your H-Option Form 1 and H-Option Form 2 online through the online H-Option Application.
- Meet with your professor at least twice more during the semester about the progress of your project: once at mid-semester and once when you turn in your H-Option project to your professor.
Instructions for Faculty:
- If a student approaches you with a request to complete an H-Option Project, please consider the request a compliment (because it really is!) and say yes!
- In designing the H-Option Project with your student, you may wish to consult the Guidelines for H-Option Projects.
- You may also wish to review some examples of successful H-Option Projects to gather ideas for your student’s H-Option Project. The examples are divided into 100/200-level H-Option Projects and 300/400-level H-Option Projects.
- Meet with your student at least three times during the semester: one at the outset of the project, one in mid-semester, and one when the student turns in the H-Option Project.
- Be sure to mind the timeline for the specific due dates of H-Option Form 1 and H-Option Form 2. While your student is responsible for getting these forms submitted through the online H-Option Application on time, you may wish to gently prompt them.
H-Options FAQ's:
What is an H-Option?
An H-Option is a contract between an Honors student and a professor that allows a non-Honors course to count for Honors credit by completing enhanced coursework beyond standard requirements.
When should H-Options be used?
H-Options are used only for courses that are not designated Honors courses. Eligible courses may be converted to Honors through the H-Option process.
H-Options are available during Summer and Winterim sessions and may be completed while studying abroad. All H-Options are approved on a case-by-case basis and must be submitted through the online application.
Where do I find H-Option forms?
H-Option Forms 1 and 2 are available for both 100/200-level and 300/400-level courses through the online H-Option application.
For Fall and Spring terms, Form 1 is typically due by Week 6 and Form 2 by Week 13.
How is my project approved?
Form 1 is reviewed first by the course instructor, then by the University Honors Program Director. Form 2 follows the same approval process.
Students must earn a B or higher in the course to receive Honors credit.
How many Honors credits will I earn?
Honors credits earned equal the number of course credits (e.g., a 3-credit course earns 3 Honors credits).
What else can I do with my H-Option project?
Strong projects may be developed into conference presentations or expanded into undergraduate research opportunities.