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Honors Curriculum

Fall 2012
Honors Class Schedule (pdf)

Rigorous, Rewarding Curriculum

The Honors Program offers students a rewarding curriculum of study. Each semester the Honors Program offers over 35 different Honors classes to student members of the Program. The Honors courses and descriptions are posted each semester. In order for an Honors student to obtain the call numbers of these courses and register for these classes, the student must be advised through the Honors Program.

The Program is designed to fit within an Honors student's educational program without the need for additional time or credits. Students have a wide choice of courses, and they have latitude in choosing courses to fulfill Honors credit. Honors classes are available in the University's core curriculum, in the student's major, and as electives. Students can enroll in Honors credit through studying abroad and with two semesters of Honors Senior Thesis courses.

What makes a course an Honors course? Although each Honors course is unique, the Honors Program encourages faculty to incorporate the educational aims of the Honors Program and include the general characteristics of Honors classes.

• Smaller, seminar-size classes
• Interactive classes
• Cooperative instructional style: class discussion, small group, student-led
• Intellectual dialogue between and among faculty and students
• Critical thinking, cutting edge, discipline-based knowledge
• Critical reading and writing
• Inquiry learning and independent research
• Intensive reading and writing
• Independent research
• Depth, not necessarily breadth, of study within a specific discipline
• Primary source documents and original documentation
• Collaborative and experimental learning
• Enriched or qualitatively different coursework and assignments
• Service learning and experiential learning
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Innovative teaching techniques or curricula
• Appropriate co-curricular activities
• Not more work nor more difficult, just different

Current Honors Classes

Priority registration for the fall 2012 semester is April 2^nd, 2012. Remember, you must meet with an Honors advisor to be eligible for priority registration. To schedule an Honors advising appointment, go to the Honors Advising page.  

Fall 2012 Honors Class Schedule (updated: 3/30/12)

• ART 100 - 1003 - Visual Foundations (3)
• BIOL 191 - 1003 - Intro to Cell & Molecular Biology  (3)
• CH 201 - 1010 - Ancient & Medieval Culture (3)
• CH 201 - 1011 - Ancient & Medieval Culture (3)
• CH 202 - 1010 - The Modern World (3)
• CH 202 - 1011 - The Modern World (3)
• CH 203 - 1008 - American Experience & Constitutional Change (3)
• CHEM 201 - 1002 (Lecture), 1112 (Lab) or 1124 (Lab) - Gen. Chemistry for Scientists/Engineers I (4)
• CS 135 - 1103 (Honors Lab), 1001 (General Lecture) - Computer Science I (3)
• ENG 102 - 1004 - Composition II
• ENG 102 - 1009 - Composition II
• ENG 102 - 1023 - Composition II
• ENG 102 - 1026 - Composition II
• ENG 102 - 1038 - Composition II
• ENGR 100 - 1112 (Honors Lab), 1001 (General Lecture) - Intro to Engineering Design (3)
• HON 200B - 1001 - Seminar, The University 
• HON 200B - 1002 - Seminar, The University
• HON 200B - 1003 - Seminar, The University
• HON 200B - 1004 - Seminar, The University
• HON 200B - 1005 - Seminar, The University
• HON 220 - 1001 - Economic Theory and Policy (3)
• HON 235 - 1001 - Research in the Information Age (1)
• HON 235 - 1002 - Research in the Information Age (1)
• HON 410 - 1001 - Area Study (3)
• HON 490 - 1001 - Honors Thesis I (3)
• HON 490 - 1002 - Honors Thesis I (3)
• HON 490 - 1003 - Honors Thesis I (3)
• HON 491 - 1001 - CAP: Honors Thesis II (3)
• MATH 181 - 1003 - Calculus I (4)
• MUS 122R - 1001 - Survey of Jazz (3)
• PHYS 181 - 1002 - Physics for Scientists/Engr II (3)
• PSY 101 - 1004 - General Psychology (3)
• WMST 101 - 1003 - Intro to Women's Studies (3)