Honors Program Requirements

Honors Program Requirements (36–44):
These requirements began in Fall 2023

1. Core Requirements (27)
• First year courses
  • HON 150—Introduction to Honors (1)
  • HON 141—American Intellectual Heritage (3)
  • HON 204—Writing about Literature (3)
  • One of the following:
    • PHL 100—Introduction to Problems in Philosophy (3)
    • PHL 205—Ethics I: Introduction to Classical Ethics (3)
    • PHL 220—Theory of Knowledge (3)
• Second & third year courses
  • HON 250—Weaving the Tapestry of Honors (1)
  • HON 200—Introduction to the Social Sciences (3)
  • HON 201—Interpreting the Arts (3)
  • HON 300—Natural Science in a Human Context (3)
• Third & fourth year courses
  • HON 350—Beginning the Honors Thesis (1)
  • HON 301—In Search of Meaning (3)
  • Honors Thesis in chosen discipline (3)
2. Mathematics: any GE approved MAT course beyond MAT 103 (3–4)
3. Foreign Language: to the 102-level (0–6), can be met with 4 or 5 years in high school
4. Natural Sciences: Select on course from the General Education list (3–4)
5. World Awareness: Select on course from the General Education list (3)
6. Student Choice:** Any approved General Education course. **Student Choice only applies to students that fulfill the foreign language requirement through coursework in high school.