<P> The Letters & Science Honors Program serves more than 1,700 students in the college with an enriched undergraduate curriculum . The program also offers professional advising services, grants, scholarships, and awards, and numerous academic, social, and service opportunities through the Honors Student Organization . The Honors Program also supports several student organizations, such as the University of Wisconsin--Madison Forensics Team . The Honors Program was begun in response to a petition by a group of students in 1958 seeking more challenging work for outstanding students . </P> <P> Many distinguished people have studied at the College of Letters and Science . Nobel prize - winning physicist John Hasbrouck Van Vleck completed his A.B. from the college in 1920 . Winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and fellows of the National Academy of Sciences have been associated with the college . </P>

Uw madison college of letters and science honors program