A Community of Scholars
A top producer of nationally-competed award recipients, such as Fulbright, Marshall
and Rhodes scholars, Barrett supports student success well-beyond graduation.
Global Classroom
Barrett students take advantage of earning honors credit around the globe
with exciting, honors-only courses in Europe, Asia and South America.
Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Study in an environment where creativity and innovation are prized, where students are
given the resources to promote meaningful change in society, both locally and globally.
Leaders and Changemakers
From cutting-edge research to service and community engagement, our students are
leaders in global awareness and social embeddedness, and at the forefront of change.
Green Living
With a focus on efficient energy consumption, recycling and a rooftop garden,
The Sustainability House at Barrett makes "going green" a way of life.
Signature Events
Barrett is dedicated to bringing stimulating, vibrant and topical speakers to the college, from
lectures to forums to discussion groups that encourage education beyond the classroom.
Welcome toBarrett, The Honors College at ASUBarrett students have the unique advantage of experiencing a small, intellectually and socially vibrant environment while having access to the vast resources of the major research university at ASU. Barrett students simultaneously benefit from being with others of the same intellectual preparation and commitment and enjoy the advantages of a university environment actively engaged in exploring all areas of human interest and concern. All students who enter ASU through Barrett, The Honors College also enroll in a disciplinary college and pursue one or more of the 275+ available disciplinary majors and concentrations. Their education is the result of the integration of all colleges at ASU, including Barrett, that cultivate the talents and interests of Barrett students and endeavor to meet their changing needs as they develop academically and socially |
     
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Media Gallery
THE BARRETT EXPERIENCE
(12:06) Members of the honors college community talk about why Barrett is truly the best honors college in the nation.
Spotlight on Our Faculty
Dr. John Lynch
John M. Lynch (PhD, University College Dublin, 1993) has been at ASU since 1994 and Barrett since 2000. While trained as an evolutionary biologist, he currently focuses on scientific, theological and cultural responses to evolutionary ideas. He teaches sections of HON 171 and HON 273 as well as a number of lecture courses for the History and Philosophy of Science program within the School of Life Sciences.
Recent News
Karen Bruhn, Honors Faculty Fellow and principal lecturer at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University, has been awarded the Faculty Achievement Teaching Award from the ASU Alumni Association.
Students from Barrett, The Honors College made a strong showing in the 2012 Arizona State University Innovation Challenge, a New American University initiative that is geared towards providing student entrepreneurs seed money for the innovative projects and concepts they develop while being full-time students at ASU.
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