THE HONORS PROGRAM

Minimum Honors hours for Program = 24

Admittance to the Honors Program is by invitation of the Director (see Honors Program section in Academic Information). The Honors Program offers a four-year program which requires that students complete twenty-four hours of Honors Courses. During the first five semesters students are required to take five three-hour courses from the General Studies Requirements. During the final three semesters, students must complete nine hours of Junior/Senior credits taken from their major fields of study.

A. Honors Courses within the General Studies:

In close consultation with an Honors advisor, select 5 Honors courses from:

Take 0-6 hours from the following English Language General Studies:

ENG 101HGS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours (Prereq: Admission to Honors Program)

ENG 102HGS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours (Prereq: Admission to Honors Program; ENG 101GS or ENG 101HGS or English ACT score of 30 or above)

SPCH 100HGS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours

Take 0-15 hours from the following Humanities General Studies:
(Coursework must be from three separate perspectives)

Take 0-6 hours from the following Literary Perspectives:
ENG 235HGS, American Studies - 3 hours
ENG 240HGS, Literary Classics - 3 hours
HIST/ENG 280HGS, Special Topics - 3 hours
ENG/ART/PSY 280HGS, The Search for Myth - 3 hours
ENG/CHEM/CSIS 280HGS, Exotic Worlds: DNA, Gigabytes and Metaphor - 3 hours

Take 0-6 hours from the following Aesthetic Perspectives:
ART 120HGS, Seminar in Art Appreciation - 3 hours
ENG/ART/PSY 280HGS, The Search for Myth - 3 hours
MUS 100HGS, Introduction to Music - 3 hours
THEA 120HGS, Introduction to the Theatre - 3 hours

Take 0-6 hours from the following Historical Perspectives:
HIST 210HGS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 211HGS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 212HGS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
HIST 215HGS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
HIST 250HGS, American History - 3 hours
HIST 251HGS, American History - 3 hours
HIST/ENG 280HGS, Special Topics - 3 hours

Take 0-6 hours from the following Philosophic Perspectives:
PHIL 100HGS, Introduction to Philosophy - 3 hours
PHIL 120HGS, Introduction to Ethics - 3 hours

Take 0-3 hours from the following Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science General Studies:
ENG/CHEM/CSIS 280HGS, Exotic Worlds: DNA, Gigabytes and Metaphor - 3 hours

Take 0-15 hours from the following Natural Sciences General Studies:
(Coursework must be from two separate departments; at least one of the courses taken will have a laboratory component)
BIOL 280HGS, Special Topics - 3 hours
CHEM 160HGS/CHEM 160L General Chemistry - 4 hours
CHEM 161HGS/CHEM 161L, General Chemistry - 4 hours
ENG/CHEM/CSIS 280HGS, Exotic Worlds: DNA, Gigabytes and Metaphor - 3 hours
PHYS 131HGS, Newton's Universe - 4 hours
PHYS 132HGS, Einstein's Universe - 4 hours

Take 0-15 hours from the following Social Sciences General Studies:
(Coursework must be from three separate perspectives)

Take 0-3 hours from the following Economic Perspectives:
ECON 100HGS, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3 hours

Take 0-6 hours from the following Social Perspectives:
SOC 100HGS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
SOC 250HGS, Anthropology - 3 hours

Take 0-6 hours from the following Political Perspectives
PSCI 100HGS, Introduction to Political Science - 3 hours
PSCI 110HGS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
PSCI 168GS, Introduction to International Relations - 3 hours
PSCI 280H, Special Topics - 3 hours
Take 0-3 hours from the following Geographic Perspectives:
GEOG 104HGS, World Regional - 3 hours

Take 0-6 hours from the following Behavioral Perspectives:
ENG/ART/PSY 280HGS, The Search for Myth - 3 hours
PSY 210HGS, Issue in Psychology - 3 hours
PSY 210HGS, Issue in Psychology - 3 hours

B. Junior/Senior Requirements

Take 9 hours from:

Honors Option Courses Variable Topics - 6 hours

Honors Option Courses are selected major courses from the various disciplines which the student may take as honors credit. The kind of study will vary from course to course and from discipline to discipline.

Senior Study Variable Topics - 3 hours

The Senior Study, taken during the senior year, is the culmination of the student's honors work directed by a professor in the major field.

Graduate Courses - 1-3 hours

A senior in the Honors Program may take one graduate course for Honors credit.