Maintenance of Scholarship

To continue receiving the President's Honors Scholarship each semester, and to receive a degree with University Honors, Scholars must accomplish the following:

• Maintain a full-time student status (a minimum of 12 undergraduate units) each semester.
• Complete Fresno State’s General Scholarship Application every academic year. This allows the scholarship office to disperse your PHS funds to you. They cannot disperse the funds if you fail to fill out the General Scholarship Application. The deadline is December 31st each year. 
• Complete 4 to 8 lower-division honors courses (depending on how many LDGE areas you have completed prior to matriculation at Fresno State) and all three upper-division honors courses.
  • All 3-unit and 4-unit honors courses count towards General Education (G.E.) and University graduation requirements.
• Maintain the following minimum grade point averages:
  • Freshman year - 3.25
  • Sophomore year - 3.35
  • Junior year - 3.50
  • Senior year - 3.50
• Complete the following amount of community service hours per academic year:
  • Freshman year - 30 hours
  • Sophmore year - 20 hours
  • Junior year - 20 hours
  • No hours are required senior year but are highly encouraged for career placement and graduate school applications.
• Complete a Scholarly Activity.