Questrom Honors Program

The Questrom Honors Program is a rigorous academic program that builds upon the BSBA curriculum at the Questrom School of Business to give students a unique opportunity to explore areas of interest in greater depth through a series of seminars and program engagements. Academically qualified students will be invited to apply to the program during the middle of the spring term of the first year (and complete the program in a three-year time frame) or sophomore year (and complete the program in a two-year time frame). If accepted, students will be notified and invited to officially join the honors program.

To complete the Questrom Honors Program, all students must complete a series of four seminars (10 units total) in addition to fully engaging in the activities of the program. The progression of the Questrom Honors Program is as follows: 

Sophomore/Junior Year

• QST SM 450 Honors Program Sophomore Seminar (2 units). In the spring term of the sophomore year, in which students are introduced to and discuss research, innovation, and business consulting.

Junior/Senior Years

• Two 2-unit Honors Program seminars. Topics reflect the important issues facing future business leaders. Some examples of recent seminar topics include: “Innovation & the Dynamics of Enterprise in America (IDEA),” “Branding in the Time of Covid,” “Pricing the Priceless: New Biomedical Technology,” and “Keynes’ Economic Consequences of the Peace: Lessons for Today.” The goal of this requirement is to help students think more broadly and deeply about business issues that are outside the scope of the undergraduate business curriculum.

Senior Year

• QST SM 460 Senior Capstone Project (4 units). During the final fall term in the Questrom Honors Program, students conclude the honors program by completing a Senior Capstone Project, a unique hands-on experience that aims to develop skills that can be applied in future careers or graduate programs. The project is flexible and generally relates to the intellectual mission of the Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets & Society at Questrom. Depending on the project type, work can be performed individually or in groups.

Program Engagement

Students in the Questrom Honors Program must also complete two local off-site experiential learning engagements in the form of cohort retreats, as well as engage in alumni and research day events. Honors students must be registered for a minimum of 16 academic units in each term that they are in the program. Any variation to this policy must be approved. The 2-unit Honors Program seminars and the capstone project that are completed during junior and senior year may count toward that 16-unit total.

Students who withdraw from, or otherwise fail to satisfy the requirements of, the program listed above will receive full units toward the BSBA degree for those Honors Program requirements that they have successfully completed, with the exception of the Honors Program seminars and the Honors Program capstone project, which will count as additional coursework.

Successful completion of the Honors Program will result in the notation “Awarded School Honors” on the student’s official transcript, and the student will be individually recognized at Questrom’s commencement ceremony.

Further information about the program is available from the Questrom School of Business Undergraduate Academic & Career Development Center and on the Honors Program website.