Honors Institute

About the Program

The Foothill Honors Institute is open to all students with a passion for learning.

Our honors courses provide a rigorous, stimulating environment for students to deepen their understanding of the subject matter and
develop in-depth research skills.

What We Offer

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  Transfer benefits to UCLA, UC Irvine, and other institutions
• Exclusive scholarships
• Stimulating and enriched classes
• Research and service leadership opportunities to develop marketable skills
• Learn more about the UCLA Transfer Alliance Program

Become an Honors Scholar

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  Complete at least 23 units of honors courses
• Have a GPA of at least 3.25 in successfully passed honors courses
• Engage in service leadership
• Read more about the Honors Scholar Program

Honors Research Opportunities

Honors Research Symposium

The annual Honors Research Symposium, organized by the Bay Honors Consortium, gives students the opportunity to participate in scholarly research in a variety of disciplines, with the goal of presenting their findings in a variety of formats.

Thirteen proposals and 18 students from Foothill College were selected this year to present at the symposium on May 4, 2019 at Stanford University.

Two Foothill presenters, Gabrael Levine and Liza Mamedov-Turchinsky,  received honorable mention awards. They were among the top five honored from an overall 90 presentations for consideration for the Heslet Scholar Award. The Heslet Scholar is awarded to the student whose research was intensely impressive and whose presentation was of the highest quality. 

The award is named for May Lou Heslet, a former Foothill counselor and director of the Foothill Honors program, who helped found the symposium, now in it's 12th year.

See the full list of Foothill student presenters and their faculty mentors.

 

Research & Service Leadership Symposium

In its second year, the Research and Service Leadership Symposium provides all students an opportunity to gain experience presenting in a professional conference setting on the Foothill campus.  The event includes an awards ceremony, a keynote speaker, and presentations throughout the day.

During this event, Foothill honors students may submit and share their research work with the larger Foothill community of students, faculty and staff in both presentation and poster format.

The next RSL Symposium is Thursday, May 16, 2019. View the program schedule