University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

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 two years students are required to take five three-hour courses from the General Studies Requirements. During the final two years, students must complete nine hours of Junior/Senior credits taken from their major fields of study.

A. Honors Courses within the General Studies:

Take 5 courses from the following:

ART 120HGS, Seminar in Art Appreciation - 3 hours

ECON 100HGS, Contemporary Economic Issues - 3 hours

ENG 101HGS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours

ENG 102HGS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours

ENG 235HGS, American Studies - 3 hours

ENG 240HGS, Literary Classics - 3 hours

GEOG 104HGS, World Regional - 3 hours

HIST/ENG 280HGS, America-1960s - 3 hours

History - The requirement may be met by successfully completing any of the following:

HIST 210H,
211H,
212H,
215H,
250H,
or: 251H.

HUM 224HGS, Classical Studies in the Humanities - 3 hours

HUM 244HGS, Contemporary Studies in the Humanities - 3 hours

PHIL 100HGS, Introduction to Philosophy - 3 hours

PHIL 120HGS, Introduction to Ethics - 3 hours

PHYS 131HGS, Newton's Universe - 4 hours

PHYS 132HGS, Einstein's Universe - 4 hours

PSCI 110HGS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours

PSY 210HGS, Issue in Psychology - 3 hours

XXX 280H Variable Topics - 1-3 hours

B. Junior/Senior Requirements

Take 9 hours from the following:

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.