In addition to earning honors credit for Freshman Seminar, students will also complete twelve additional hours of honors work before the senior year and write a senior thesis. In order to continue in the program and retain an honors scholarship, students must maintain a 3.25 GPA for their honors work and a 3.5 GPA for all McMurry course work. The program sponsors a variety of extracurricular activities for honors students, including off-campus field trips, opportunities to meet with visiting lecturers, and informal discussions on topics of interest. The program also provides funding for honors students to attend meetings of academic societies.

Amy Bell completed her honors thesis in Mathematics in 2005. While at McMurry, she was a member of the Cross-Country team.