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Honors enrichment contracts

Connect with faculty and earn honors credit

Honors Enrichment Contracts

An Honors Enrichment Contract is a formal agreement between you and your instructor to complete an additional project or assignment in an ASU course to earn honors credit.

The primary purpose of an Honors Enrichment Contract is to foster meaningful academic engagement between Barrett students and instructors through in-depth exploration of course-related topics. Ideally, the honors contract work should offer mutual benefit by enhancing the student’s learning experience while supporting the instructor’s teaching or research goals.

Examples of past honors contracts include:

Creating, testing, or evaluating a program
Preparing and giving a class lecture
Working on a group project with other honors students
Writing a research paper
Designing and testing a lab experiment

If you have questions, check out the FAQ below or contact Barrett Advising.

Fall 2025

Student Submission Deadlines

Session A – Thursday, September 4th

Session C – Thursday, September 18th

Session B – Wednesday, October 29th

Logistics

For Students:

Submitting an Honors Enrichment Contract

Log in to My ASU and expand Barrett Honors College in My Programs.
Select Honors Enrichment Contracts to view your courses this semester.
Choose the course taught by the instructor who agreed to support your contract.
Enter your contract details, including the assignment description, meeting hours, consequences for non-completion, and grading information.
Check your email for confirmation and updates as your instructor reviews, approves, and verifies completion.

How to submit contracts

For Faculty:

Approving an Honors Enrichment Contract

Log into My ASU and open your Class Roster to review and approve submitted contracts.
You’ll also get two reminder emails from Barrett with approval links:
- Initial Approval Email - sent shortly after the student submission deadline
- Final Approval Email - sent near the end of the session

Late Submissions

Late contracts won’t generate an Initial Approval Email, since reminders are based on the original submission deadline. However, you can review and approve them in your Class Roster in My ASU, and you will still receive the Final Approval Email later in the session.

How to approve contracts

FAQ

You can pursue an Honors Enrichment Contract in any ASU course if:

The course is not already designated for automatic honors credit
Your instructor agrees to support the contract

Tip: Check your syllabus or ask your teacher early in the semester if they’re open to offering an Honors Enrichment Contract.

Yes! Honors Enrichment Contracts can be completed in any subject or discipline as long as the instructor approves.

However, completing honors contracts within your major can help you:

Build relationships with faculty in your field
Explore potential honors thesis topics

You earn honors credit equal to the number of credits for the course.

For example:

A 3-credit course with a completed honors contract = 3 honors credits

To receive honors credit:

You must complete the honors contract successfully
You must earn a C or higher in the course

Talk to your instructor early in the semester to ask if they’re open to offering an Honors Enrichment Contract.
If approved, meet to discuss expectations and assignments.
Submit your plan in MyASU: My Programs > Barrett Honors College > Honors Enrichment Contracts
Be sure to submit by the student contract submission deadline.

Missing the deadline may affect your ability to participate in the contract for the term. If your professor is willing to support a late submission, you can still submit your contract plan through My ASU > My Programs > Barrett Honors College > Honors Enrichment Contracts.

Your professor will not receive an automatic notification about a late submission, but they can review and approve it in their Class Roster in My ASU, and they will receive the final approval reminder later in the semester.

Instructors approve submitted contracts through their Class Roster in MyASU. They receive a reminder to give initial approval after the student submission deadline, and another reminder to finalize approval during the last week of classes each session.

Late submission? If a contract is submitted late, the professor does not receive an automatic notification. However, they can still review and approve it in their Class Roster, and they will receive the final approval reminder later in the semester.

Students:

Stay in regular communication with your instructor
Understand what work is expected and how it will be graded
Submit your work on time

Instructors:

Provide clear expectations for the contract work
Check in with students on progress
Approve or deny contracts using system-generated links

Let your instructor know immediately if you're unable to fulfill the honors contract.

Failure to complete an honors contract will result in the loss of honors credit for the course, along with any other consequences specified in the contract submission form.

Only commit to an Honors Enrichment Contract if you're confident you can complete it. Instructors invest time and expect your commitment in return.

Unless your instructor specifies otherwise, all honors contract work is due by the last day of classes for the session.

Usually, the course instructor oversees the Honors Enrichment Contract. However, with approval, you may designate another faculty member to sponsor it. There’s an option for this in the contract submission form.

Honors enrichment contracts