Honors Courses

Students interested in pursuing Honors-in-Course or Honors-in-Field work should confer with their advisors, program directors, or the Honors Coordinator. Qualified students not in the Honors Program are invited to consider enrolling in an Honors Seminar and conducting Honors-in-Course or Honors-in-Field projects. Participation in honors coursework is required for Departmental Honors and All-University Honors at graduation.

HN 150 Honors Outside the Classroom

Honors students enroll in HN 150 each semester they are in the Honors Program. This course is pass/fail and provides a central online location for students to have online discussions, group emails, keep track of upcoming honors events, and record events attended.

(Zero credit hours)

HN 250 Honors Seminar

Various faculty lead interdisciplinary seminars on a particular theme, introducing students to contemporary and historical issues. Past Honors Seminar topics include Global Poverty, Terrorism, Gender Issues, Artistic Expression and Social Change. Forms of assessment vary, but this course is run seminar-style and students are expected to actively participate and sometimes lead discussion, develop their own ideas and projects on the seminar topic.

(One credit hour)

HN 350 Advanced Honors Seminar

The Advanced Honors Seminar is a more detailed and rigorous engagement between students and faculty in conversation focusing on a given theme. Each student is expected to develop their own research project and synthesize various class materials and outside research in developing their own research agenda and presentation.

(Three credit hours)