The Nisbet Honors Program offers academically gifted students the challenge and the community where they may grow to their full potential.

The Honors Program allows you to:

• pursue independent research with faculty mentors
• take honors courses with other academically gifted students
• learn from nationally known visiting scholars
• receive funding for study-travel
• meet socially to discuss intellectually challenging topics
• participate in a selective honors study abroad program at the University of Glasgow through Converse's membership in the Principia Consortium

Outcomes:

More than 50% of Converse honors graduates enter graduate school in the two years following graduation. Recent grad school acceptances include the following programs and institutions:

• Yale University
• Harvard Kennedy School of Government
• Cornell University's Ph.D. program in musicology
• Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School for the Master's of Public Affairs. With stipend.
• Clemson University's Ph.D. program in math
• Carnegie Mellon University, graduate program in public affairs
• College of William and Mary, Master's in Public Policy. With full scholarship and assistantship.
• College of William and Mary's M.S. program in computational operations research
• Florida State University, Ph.D. program in historical musicology
• Georgetown University, Ph.D. program in chemistry. With full scholarship and living stipend.
• Wichita State University's M.F.A in Creative Writing
• Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law
• Michigan State University, Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. program. With full tuition scholarship and living stipend.
• University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine
• University of Texas at Austin, Master's in Global Policy Studies
• Wingate University School of Pharmacy, Pharm.D. program. Only 72 out of more than 1000 applicants were admitted.
• University of Georgia's microbiology Ph.D. program
• North Carolina State's microbiology Ph.D. program
• Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
• University of South Carolina's Master's of Accountancy program
• University of South Carolina’s economics Ph.D. program

One of the most distinctive features of the Nisbet Honors Program is its emphasis on interdisciplinary learning. All participants take at least one interdisciplinary honors course, which is team-taught by two professors from different fields. These courses can be applied to satisfy General Education Program (GEP) requirements.

Recent interdisciplinary course offering include:

• “Science Theatre: The Case of the Heywood Brothers” (Biology and Theater)
• “Philosophy of Religion” (Philosophy and Religion)
• “Hymnody” (English and Music)

580 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
  email: admissions@converse.edu 

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Melody Boland
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Nisbet Honors Program
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Nisbet Honors Program
Converse College
580 East Main Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302

Jennifer Woodruff
Converse graduate; now a graduate student at Duke University

“As a vocal performance major in the Honors Program, I was able to sing an amazing piece of 20th century music that I probably would not have been able to do in an ordinary senior recital. I was able to work with faculty instrumentalists as colleagues, which really taught me a great deal about performing professionally. I was also able to complete a great deal of research about the piece…research that helped separate me from other applicants in the very competitive graduate pool."