The Lamar University Honors Program is attentive to the energy and curiosity of emerging scholars, providing the enhanced curriculum, financial support, and other opportunities conducive to the development of these students.

As described in our Mission Statement, the Honors Program offers enriched classes in most of the Core Curriculum of the University, upper-level interdisciplinary classes and seminars, enhanced classes in many majors, and opportunities for Independent Study, Honors Contracts and the Honors Thesis. In Honors, students enjoy smaller classes taught by some of the best professors Lamar has to offer. Lamar’s Honors students are encouraged and supported in the conduct of research and the publication and presentation of their work regionally and nationally. Students who complete 23 hours or more of Honors classes may become Honors Program Graduates.


The Honors Program has served the needs of Lamar’s intellectually gifted students since the mid-1960s. The program was inaugurated in the fall of 1963 and received a tremendous boost in 1976 with the first of many generous gifts from the McMaster family. Lamar’s University Honors Program now boasts an endowment of nearly $2 million dollars and offers financial support to students both in the form of McMaster Honors Scholarships as well as grants to facilitate student participation in research and other enriching educational experiences.

The University Honors Program is located at 1060 E Virginia, near the MLK intersection. Facilities include offices as well as a student lounge and seminar/conference room.

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