2009-2010 UNK Catalog/ Honors Program

THE HONORS PROGRAM

Minimum Honors hours for program = 24

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.

Honors Courses within the General Studies:
In close consultation with an Honors advisor, take 5 Honors courses from:
- Take 0-6 hours from the following English Language General Studies:
  - ENG 101HGS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
  - ENG 102HGS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
  - 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 of the Western World-Honors - 3 hours
    - ENG 280HGS, Special Topics - 3 hours
  - Take 0-6 hours from the following Aesthetic Perspectives:
    - ART 120HGS, Seminar in Art Appreciation - 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 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 0-15 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 160LGS General Chemistry - 4 hours
  - CHEM 161HGS/CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry - 4 hours
  - PHYS 131HGS, Newton's Universe - 4 hours
  - PHYS 132HGS, Einstein's Universe - 4 hours
  - PHYS 201HGS, Earth Science - 4 hours
- Take 0-15 hours from the following Social and Behavioral Sciences General Studies:
  - (Coursework must be from three separate perspectives)
  - Take 0-3 hours from the following Economic Perspectives:
    - ECON 270HGS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 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 110HGS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    - PSCI 140HGS, Introduction to Comparative Politics - 3 hours
    - PSCI 168HGS, Introduction to International Relations - 3 hours
    - PSCI 170HGS, Introduction to Political Thought - 3 hours
    - PSCI 280HGS, Special Topics - 3 hours
  - Take 0-3 hours from the following Geographic Perspectives:
    - GEOG 104HGS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
    - GEOG 106HGS, Human Geography - 3 hours
  - Take 0-6 hours from the following Behavioral Perspectives:
    - PSY 210HGS, Issue in Psychology - 3 hours
    - PSY 280HGS, Special Topics - 1-3 hours
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. Honors Options are akin to independent study done with a faculty mentor beyond the scope of the regular curriculum of any 300- to 400-level course required by any major.
- Senior Study Variable Topics - 3 hours
  
  The Honors Senior Study, usually taken during the senior year, is the culmination or capstone of the student’s Honors coursework, directed by a professor in the student’s major field of study. This Senior Study is submitted in manuscript form to be catalogued in the Honors Senior Study Archive.