Honors Program Requirements
Program Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Evaluate and assess complex global and local issues with an informed perspective to offer suggestions for change and or enhancement of practices
- Demonstrate an understanding of the liberal arts and sciences as expressions of our culture and experience in the world through awareness of the cultural, social and political issues, past and present
- Demonstrate the culmination and benefits of a liberal arts education through a highly developed ability to discuss local, national and global issues through the lens of more than one discipline
- Demonstrate an awareness of how beliefs and values influence the political, social and local decision-making processes and perceptions about social justice and civic engagement
- Demonstrate the critical thinking and leadership skills needed to interact ethically and responsibly with local, national and international communities
- Recognize the challenges and the leadership skills needed both individually and collectively when addressing complex social issues.
Requirements
Honors Program (26 Credits)
For Allied Health Programs, students should take ETH 2910H or ETH 3900H.
| ART 2900H | (Honors) Art and Ideas Through History | 3 |
| COR 3900H | (Honors) Global Citizenship | 4 |
| ENG 2900H | (Honors) Modern Minds: Reflections on a Changing World | 3 |
| ETH 2900H | (Honors) Ethics and Contemporary Life | 3 |
| MUS 2900H | (Honors) Music and Society Through History | 3 |
| PHI 2900H | (Honors) Civilized Ideas | 3 |
| SOC 2900H | (Honors) Sociological Imagination | 3 |
| TRS 2900H | World Religions, Global Citizens: Contemporary Perspectives | 3 |
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| HON 3900H | (Honors) Capstone Experience | 1 |
Total Credit Hours: 26
Please note the following:
- Students can take the COR requirement or Capstone at any point in the senior year.
- Students enrolled in the College Honors Program are allowed to take (18) credits per semester with no monetary penalty. Since AP or high school dual enrolled college courses are not accepted in lieu of Honors Program curriculum courses, but are accepted in lieu of other General Education requirements, this benefit, along with AP or high school dual enrolled college courses puts the student in a position to pursue a minor and, in some cases, an additional major.
- It is extremely important that all students remain within their cohort unless the Director of the Honors Program grants permission to do otherwise. Students not enrolled in any Honors Program course may have to forfeit the 18-credit tuition benefit for that semester.
- Business students enrolled in the Honors Program must complete either Art or Music Honors Program course for their General Education requirement, since the Speech Communications General Education requirement is a Related requirement for them. In most cases, these students are placed into either an ART or MUS Honors course as part of the Freshman Learning Community.