Honors Program Requirements

Honors Program Requirements (36–44):
These requirements began in Fall 2023

  1. Core Requirements (27)
    • First year courses
      • HON 150—Introduction to Honors (1)
      • HON 141—American Intellectual Heritage (3)
      • HON 204—Writing about Literature (3)
      • One of the following:
        • PHL 100—Introduction to Problems in Philosophy (3)
        • PHL 205—Ethics I: Introduction to Classical Ethics (3)
        • PHL 220—Theory of Knowledge (3)
    • Second & third year courses
      • HON 250—Weaving the Tapestry of Honors (1)
      • HON 200—Introduction to the Social Sciences (3)
      • HON 201—Interpreting the Arts (3)
      • HON 300—Natural Science in a Human Context (3)
    • Third & fourth year courses
      • HON 350—Beginning the Honors Thesis (1)
      • HON 301—In Search of Meaning (3)
      • Honors Thesis in chosen discipline (3)
  2. Mathematics: any GE approved MAT course beyond MAT 103 (3–4)
  3. Foreign Language: to the 102-level (0–6), can be met with 4 or 5 years in high school
  4. Natural Sciences: Select on course from the General Education list (3–4)
  5. World Awareness: Select on course from the General Education list (3)
  6. Student Choice:** Any approved General Education course. **Student Choice only applies to students that fulfill the foreign language requirement through coursework in high school.