THE HONORS PROGRAM

Minimum Honors hours for program = 18

The Honors Program offers a four-year academic program which requires that students complete eighteen credit hours of Honors courses. During the first four or five semesters (freshmen/sophomore semesters), Honors students will complete 9 hours of Honors seminars from the Honors General Studies requirements. During the sophomore/junior/senior semesters, Honors students will complete 9 hours of 300-400 level courses as Honors credit hours in a manner that encourages independent inquiry and research.

1. Honors Courses within the General Studies:
   • In close consultation with an Honors advisor, take 9 hours from:
     1. Take 0-9 hours from the following Foundational Core General Studies:
        • Take 0-3 hours from the following Written Communication:
          • ENG 102HGS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101 (or equivalent) or English ACT score of 29 or above)
          • *Students may take ENG 101H, Introduction to Academic Writing, for credit in the Honors Program, but it will NOT count for General Studies credit.
        • Take 0-3 hours from the following Oral Communication:
          • SPCH 100HGS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
        • Take 0-3 hours from the following Democracy in Perspective:
          • PHIL 105HGS, Philosophical Roots of American Democracy - 3 hours
          • PSCI 140HGS, Democracies around the World - 3 hours
          • PSCI 170HGS, Democracy as a Political Idea - 3 hours
     2. Take 0-3 hours from General Studies Portal:
        • Portal courses for UNK Honors freshmen are numbered 188 and will vary in fall and spring semesters.
     3. Take 0-9 hours from the following General Studies Distribution:
        • Take 0-3 hours from the following Aesthetics:
          • ART 120HGS, Seminar in Art Appreciation - 3 hours
          • MUS 100HGS, Music Appreciation - 3 hours
          • THEA 120HGS, Introduction to the Theatre - 3 hours
        • Take 0-6 hours from the following Humanities:
          • (Coursework must be from two separate disciplines.)
          • ENG 235HGS, American Studies - 3 hours
          • ENG 240HGS, Literary Classics of the Western World-Honors - 3 hours
          • ENG 280HGS, Special Topics - 3 hours
          • 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
          • PHIL 100HGS, Introduction to Philosophy - 3 hours
          • PHIL 120HGS, Introduction to Ethics - 3 hours
        • Take 0-6 hours from the following Social Sciences:
          • (Coursework must be from two separate disciplines.)
          • ECON 270HGS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
          • GEOG 104HGS, World Regional Geography - 3 hours
          • GEOG 106HGS, Human Geography - 3 hours
          • PSCI 110HGS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
          • PSCI 168HGS, Introduction to International Relations - 3 hours
          • PSCI 280HGS, Special Topics - 3 hours
          • SOC 100HGS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
          • SOC 250HGS, Anthropology - 3 hours
          • WSTD 220HGS, Women's & Gender Studies - 3 hours
        • Take 0-7 hours from the following Natural Sciences:
          • (Coursework must be from two separate disciplines; at least one of the courses taken must have a laboratory component.)
          • PHYS 131HGS, Newton's Universe - 4 hours
          • PHYS 132HGS, Einstein's Universe - 4 hours
          • PHYS 201HGS, Earth Science - 4 hours
     4. Take 0-3 hours from General Studies Capstone:
        • Capstone courses are numbered 388.
2. Sophomore/Junior/Senior Requirements
   • Take 9 hours from:
     • Honors Option/Research/Independent Study Variable Topics
     • 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 research/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.
     • Honors Senior Study/Capstone Variable Topics
     • 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. Usually, students H-option the Senior Study, unless permission to do otherwise is granted by the Honors Program director.