Honors (Minor)

Do you have a strong desire to understand the ways culture, ideas, and faith impact the world?

The Honors Guild unites students from across campus around intellectual curiosity. Honors students engage with an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary course of study, as well as co-curricular programming that integrate scholarship, critical inquiry, personal praxis, and social action.

Honors courses are discussion-based courses that dive into the biggest questions of life. Honors students must complete 18 credit hours of honors courses. Most Honors courses simultaneously fulfill Foundational Core requirements. Once you have been accepted to Taylor, you are welcome to apply to the Honors Guild.

Honors Degrees

Honors Guild

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Honors Tracks

Once you are accepted into the Honors Guild, you’ll have the chance to rank your choices for a focused intellectual community: Global Leadership, Faith and the Embodied Life, or Great Conversations. Each track emphasizes transformative learning that will challenge and inspire.

Global Leadership

Serve a world in need by being an ambassador for Christ. Key discussion points will focus on sustainability, cultural humility, and understanding major global trends.
Faith & the Embodied Life

Reshape how you think about self, wholeness, and your view of the abundant life, rooted in faith in Christ.
Great Conversations

Sit at the table with great authors and thinkers around the world and across the centuries. Make connections across disciplines by seeking answers to fundamental questions.

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Honors Application & Curriculum

If you are intellectually curious and desire to think deeply on critical questions, we would love for you to apply for the Honors Guild.

Applicants are admitted through a competitive and comprehensive selection process assessing academic excellence, collaboration, and curiosity with the goal of selecting a strong cohort each year.

Apply and be accepted to Taylor and submit ACT/SAT or CLT scores. Requisite scores are 28 ACT, 1300 SAT, and 92 CLT.
Apply to the Honors Guild by January 3.
Interview: Qualified applicants will be invited to a group interview on February 19, 2025.

*Interviews will be held on campus. Interviews are required for admittance to the Honors Guild.

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Intellectual Curiosity
Diversity of Thought
Winsome Dialogue
Collaborative Learning
Cultivating Discernment

Honors Guild (Minor)

Students interested in course descriptions and academic policies can check out our Undergraduate Catalog.

A Taylor liberal arts education will prepare you to live and work in a fast-changing world. It also goes a step further: laying a strong spiritual foundation that cultivates wisdom. You’ll become a well-versed individual, equipped with critical thinking skills, a lifelong love of learning, and an appreciation for God’s creation.

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Daniela Gavilanez

Class of 2025

My involvement in the Honors Guild has truly enabled me to cultivate the program’s core values of intellectual curiosity, diversity of thought, winsome dialogue, collaborative learning, and discernment.

Intentional Academic Community

The Honors Guild has special events to promote friendship among Honors scholars. Traditional events include cookouts, speaker discussions, film viewings, an all-Honors retreat, and trips to the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

J-Term Honors Program Trip

All Honors Scholars will spend their freshman January term on a scholarship-funded international trip with other Honors students. Past trips have taken students to Ireland, Jordan, Israel, South Africa, the Bahamas, and China.
Ockenga Honors Lodge

Honors students can study, do research, relax, and converse with visiting scholars in the Ockenga Honors Lodge, named for 1926 Taylor graduate Harold John Ockenga. The Ockenga Honors Lodge is located on Reade Ave, next to Wolgemuth Hall.