Thurgood Marshall College Honors Program

The Thurgood Marshall College Honors Program is designed to address one of the greatest responsibilities and challenges of public higher education: the education of students of exceptionally high academic achievement. The program provides the organization and the environment within which students are encouraged to pursue individual excellence.

Honors activities and events are designed to introduce Thurgood Marshall students to the excitement of pioneering research and innovative scholarship in all disciplines at UC San Diego and to create opportunities for discussion on public issues with locally and nationally known figures. These opportunities occur through quarterly honors seminars (TMC 20) open to TMC honors students as well as various events hosted by the TMC Honors Program and Honors Council.

Eligibility

To be eligible to participate in the TMC Honors Program, students must meet the following criteria:

Complete a minimum of 12 graded units
Achieve a UC cumulative GPA of 3.8 or higher

Currently, application to the program is not required as students who meet these criteria are automatically notified of their eligibility. Once in the program, students retain their TMC Honors status by maintaining a minimum cumulative UC GPA at 3.5 or higher and are monitored quarterly.

Honors Seminars

2024-2025 Seminars: To Be Announced

University and Department Honors

In addition to membership in the TMC Honors Program, students may also qualify for participation in various campus-wide honors programs as well as eligibility for honors awards at graduation. Please see Honors Distinction for additional information.