Welcome to Honors Programs


Fiat Lux

Beginning Fall 2003, Fiat Lux Seminars, formerly titled “Honors 98”, will be administered through individual departments and will be titled as the department name and number “19”. For example, Fiat Lux Seminars in the Sociology Department will be titled “Sociology 19: Fiat Lux Freshman Seminar”.

All Fiat Lux Seminars carry the “Honors Content” notation, indicating that the class is taught at the honors level, and are given on a Mandatory Pass/No Pass basis.

College Honors students may receive up to 2 units of honors credit for Fiat Lux seminars with a P grade. Honors credit may be given to seminars taken with the old “Honors 98” title or the new titles. However, any seminars taken in excess of 2 units will not apply towards your College Honors progress.

How to receive honors credit for Fiat Lux Seminars (new procedure):
College Honors students who have not met the 2 unit maximum and who wish to apply their Fiat Lux seminars for honors credit must email the Honors office with your request. For confidentiality reasons, only requests from email addresses registered on URSA online will be processed. If you are unsure if you have an authorized email address log-on to URSA online and check your “Address Information”.

Please title your email “Fiat Lux Request” and include the following information:

  1. Your name
  2. Your UID number
  3. Course title (Example: Sociology 19)
  4. Your grade (you must have received a P grade in order to receive honors credit)
  5. Quarter in which the seminar was taken

It will take approximately 2 weeks to process your request and for your honors credit to update on your MyUCLA Honors Progress page.

Please note that credit for Fiat Lux Seminars will be applied as elective honors units, not Honors Collegium units.

For more information about Fiat Lux Seminars, please click on this link.