The Honors Contract method is widely used by Honors Programs and Colleges throughout the United States. It recognizes the need to provide Honors students with opportunities to pursue Honors work over a range of courses outside that which can be accommodated by resources provided by Honors Programs or Colleges. This is especially relevant for upper division courses and, at many universities, for disciplines or schools that have not traditionally been associated with Honors. For the University of Alaska Fairbanks Honors Program, it is generally agreed that Honors Contracts are not meant to substitute catalog offered Honors courses or sections, but to add to them. Finally, there is broad consensus on both the intent and execution of Honors contracts for the purpose of raising a non-Honors course to the level of an Honors course.

Please print the Honors Class Contract and fill out the necessary information. Have your instructor sign and approve the contract and then bring the contract to the Director for a final decision.

If you do not fulfill the conditions set forth in the Honors Class Contract (determined by the instructor), you will not be given Honors credit for the course regardless of your final grade in the course.

Please read the Honors Contract Policies and Procedures for full disclosure and information.