Honors College


Join a community of scholars.
The Honors College fosters an atmosphere of cooperative learning, creative engagement, and innovative pedagogy to ensure that students have an environment in which they can excel and achieve their academic goals.
Welcome to the Honors College!
West Georgia's Honors College attracts the brightest of students regionally and nationally. The College fosters an atmosphere of cooperative learning, creative engagement, and innovative pedagogy to ensure that students have an environment in which they can excel and achieve their academic goals.
Students in the Honors College have the opportunity to engage with faculty and other honors students in small, rigorous classes and are encouraged and supported in undergraduate research, publishing, grant writing, community service activities, and preparation for postgraduate study or career success.
Georgia Scholars Institute

Georgia Scholars Institute
Georgia Scholars Institute is a 4-week Summer program for high-achieving high school students. Students take dual-enrollment, core General Education classes, earn Honors College credit, and spend one-full week in June immersed in extra-curricular programs and activities on the UWG campus in Carrollton. Students get to experience college life and make connections with other student-scholars and world-class faculty.
Learn MoreGeorgia Scholars InstituteScholars' Day

Scholars' Day 2024
Join us on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, from 12:30-5:00PM for the annual UWG's Scholars' Day!
- Student Poster Presentations: In the Campus Center
- Student Oral Presentations: TBA
Honors Convocation, 5:30-7:00PM: In the Townsend Center for Performing Arts
Participate in Scholars' DayScholars' Day 2024Study Abroad

Honors in Ireland
This May (5/27-6/11), the Honors College will be hosting an exciting and educational trip to Ireland! The program is a two-week experiential learning opportunity for Honors College students to explore issues of gender and sexuality and also the relationship between place and identity through a comparative cultural lens. The program will incorporate on-site and post-program reflections and projects to enhance what students have read and discussed in their Maymester courses pre-departure. The program is based in Waterford with many excursions and day trips to surrounding villages, parks, and sites including Dublin.
Study AbroadHonors in IrelandNews and Updates
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High-Achieving High-Schoolers Seek New Academic Challenges During Inaugural Georgia Scholars Institute
This summer marked the inaugural Georgia Scholars Institute at the University of West Georgia, where high-achieving high school students not only completed college courses at UWG but got a sneak peek of the full college experience.
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Gold Star: Rogers Named UWG’s 2022 Academic Recognition Day Scholar
University of West Georgia alumna Sarah Grace Rogers ’21 has been named the university’s Academic Recognition Day Scholar for 2022.
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Zamostny Named Director of Office of Undergraduate Research
Dr. Jeff Zamostny was recently named as the new director of the University of West Georgia’s Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), assuming his new responsibilities in January.
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Honors College
(678) 839-6636
honors@westga.edu
Office Hours: 8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday
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