Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion What is an "honors" course?

I think this is very much a YMMV situation. My experiences are limited to B&M schools. In H.S., "honors course" A's had a higher G.P.A. than "regular" A's, you had to be "invited" (and you could opt for "regular" and say "no thanks"), and yes, they probably were more work. There were also AP Classes, but these were supposed to be less challenging (at this particular school), and the honors classes did an excellent job preparing a student for the AP exams.

In college, there was no such perk (G.P.A.-wise), but grad schools seemed interested in the fact that my "Honors Degree" meant I'd taken grad-level courses as an undergrad - something I believe you could only do if you were in the Honors Program at this particular university.

Overall, I enjoyed the challenge of most of these classes and felt the reward was having smaller classes with absolutely excellent teachers.