Honor's College

Honors College freshmen and sophomores enroll in Level One: Honors Foundations, a series of interdisciplinary courses and seminars. The program continues with Level Two: Honors Explorations, culminating in an Honors College Capstone experience. The Honors Program creates a meaningful and intentional course of study leading to the completion of an Honors College capstone project. Students work with a faculty advisor to develop a program of advanced study across disciplines that will broaden their perspective and deepen their understanding of issues related to their capstone experience.

The course sequence satisfies most of the general education requirements for a bachelor’s degree program, including the writing-intensive courses and the liberal education program (LEP), except for the Quantitative Reasoning requirement appropriate to their major and the Multilingual Communication requirement. It is imperative that Honors College students confer with an adviser in their major to determine if any additional LEP requirements normally covered by the Honors College curriculum are required for their major.

Honors College students must also complete an academic major and all the requirements of that major. Students in the Honors College may select a major in any department and may be enrolled in any school or college of the University. Honors College students must complete the same requirements set by their major as would students not in the Honors College.

Level 1: Honors Foundations Core Courses (16 credits)
INQ 101 – Intellectual and Creative Inquiry (3 credits)
HON 150 – Introduction to Critical Inquiry (3 credits)
HON 271 – Scientific Investigation (4 credits)

Choose 6 credits from: 
HON 205 – Foundations of Academic Inquiry: Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
HON 206 – Foundations of Academic Inquiry: Sciences (3 credits)
HON 207 – Foundations of Academic Inquiry: Leadership and the Professions (3 credits)

Level 2: Honors Explorations (22 credits)
HON 300 – Community and Service Engagement (3 credits)
HON 350 – Capstone Exploration (3 credits) 
HON 402– Professional Development (3 credits)
HON 403 – Honors Leadership (1 credit)

Choose 6 credits from:
HON 210 – The Idea of Self: The Ancient World
HON 250 – The City in Western Civilization
HON 254 – Utopias and Dystopias
HON 255 – Ambiguity and Uncertainty in the Arts & Sciences
HON 290 – The Language of Art
HON 298 – Special Topics
HON 305 – Explorations of Academic Inquiry: Arts and Humanities
HON 306 – Explorations of Academic Inquiry: Sciences 
HON 307 – Explorations of Academic Inquiry: Leadership and the Professions
HON 398 – Special Topics
HON 498 – Advanced Special Topics: Honors College

Select one from the following capstone requirements (6 credits): 

• Thesis: HON 494 AND HON 495 -Departmental Honors Prospectus/Thesis
• Community Engaged Research: HON 460 AND HON 461 - Community Engaged Research I and II
• International Study Capstone: HON 451–International Study Foundations AND HON 452 - After Abroad: Research and Creative Activity, taken in conjunction with an approved international study experience.