Curriculum Overview
General Description
The Honors program uses an interdisciplinary focus in all of its courses, thus providing broad and engaging perspectives on a particular course’s focus. In addition to the general interdisciplinary focus, three core courses add another layer of sophistication. Perennial Questions (HON 201), Democracy and Its Friendly Critics (HON 200), and the Oxbridge Lecture Series (HON 251) each focus on a “momentous idea,” defining its origin and development in its original historical context and then placing that “momentous idea” in the 21 st century to understand its changes and its impact on contemporary intellectual and cultural life.
How Honors courses fit within your overall undergraduate program
All students, all majors take “core general education” courses:
3 in Communication
3 in Behavioral/Social Sciences
5 in Humanities
3 in Math and Natural Sciences
3 in Health & Physical Education
2 free Electives
Honors students have a “minor” in Honors which requires 5 courses: 2 core required courses (HON 200, HON 201); 3 elective HON 250 courses; and 2 courses as an Honors Thesis (HON 450, HON 451).
The 5 Honors courses substitute for some of the General Education core. For most Honors students, when you take Honors courses, you fulfill both a general education core requirement AND an Honors requirement.
Your Honors courses become a “minor” of 21 hours recorded on your transcript.