In accordance with new University honors requirements, honors students who began at OSU after Autumn 2006 must complete six honors courses in the first two years of study. These may be regular honors courses, honors-embedded courses, or honors-equivalent courses. This means that an honors student must average one honors or honors-equivalent course per quarter.

Students must also participate at a satisfactory level in the co-curricular activities of the Honors Program, and maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.4 or higher.