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PGS credit breakdown (Spring 2023 and earlier)

PGS and General Education

PGS students earn 12 credits toward their Pathways General Education requirements at Virginia Tech as follows:

  • UH 2504 Topics in Discourse and Global Citizenship
  • UH 2524 Topics in Natural Sciences and Global Citizenship
  • UH 2544 Topics in Social Science and Global Citizenship
  • UH 2554 Topics in Humanities and Global Citizenship

PGS and Honors Credits

PGS students earn a minimum of 20 credits toward their Honors diploma by taking:

  • UH 1504: PGS Study Abroad Pre-Departure Seminar (2 credits)
  • UH 2504: Topics in Discourse and Global Citizenship
  • UH 2524: Topics in Natural Sciences and Global Citizenship
  • UH 2544: Topics in Social Science and Global Citizenship
  • UH 2554: Topics in Humanities and Global Citizenship
  • UH 3204: Honors Service Learning
  • UH 3954: Honors Study Abroad: Travel Writing and Writing about Travel

In addition, PGS students have the option of enrolling in their ITAL courses for Honors credit: ITAL 1105/1106/2105/2106 (3 or 6 credits)

Successful PGS students would thus earn 20 credits toward their Honors diploma. Motivated PGS students who take their Italian courses for honors credit could earn 23 or 26 credits toward their Honors diploma. See below for more details.

PGS and an Honors Laureate Diploma

The following details how the credits earned through the Presidential Global Scholars Program apply to the credit requirements of the original Honors Laureate Diploma for students who entered the Honors College in Spring 2023 or earlier. The original HLD requires at least 30 total credits across four elements. Elements Two, Three, and Four each have a six-credit minimum requirement.

PGS provides twenty of the thirty credits required of the original Honors Laureate Diploma. Of the 10 remaining, up to six may come from applying faculty-student agreements to the two required Italian courses. Note that PGS does NOT meet the 6- credit minimum requirement for Element Two.

Honors College Curriculum
Credits Earned: UH 1504 (2), UH 25XX(3)

Disciplinary Depth
Credits Earned: UH 25XX (3)
Required Credits Remaining: 3

Transdisciplinary Capabilities
Credits Earned: 25XX(3), UH 3204 (3)
Required Credits Remaining: 0

Undergraduate Research & Guided Experiential Learning
Credits Earned: UH 25XX(3), UH 3954 (3)

Required Credits Remaining: 0