Honors Curriculum
Honors Credit Hours
Honors credit hours can be earned in Honors courses, Honors Options, and Honors Research. Honors College students take a range of Honors courses that satisfy the General Education Core and program requirements.
Honors Credit Hours Earned from Honors Courses And Honors Options
- 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-credit honors courses that satisfy general education core, program and elective requirements
- Honors Options can be added to 1000-, 2000-, 3000- and 4000-level courses to earn the equivalent honors credit hours
- Graduate courses earn the equivalent Honors credit hours (up to 6-credit hours of graduate coursework / up to two graduate courses)
Honors Credit Hours Earned from Research
- Research experience, including Honors Research and undergraduate research
- Honors symposium poster presentation: up to 3 Honors credit hours
- Conference paper or poster presentation: up to 3 Honors credit hours
- Paper publication: up to 3 Honors credit hours
- Conference paper and poster presentations and paper publications may be eligible for either activity hours or credit hours, not both.
Honors Seminar & HON Courses
The Honors Seminar is a 2000-level interdisciplinary course that highlights the relationship between the humanities, social sciences and STEM fields and features guest lectures by faculty across disciplines. The Honors Seminar is required of all Honors College students. Students read primary and secondary sources on the topic and complete numerous writing assignments, including a research paper. The HON 2000 course satisfies one three-credit humanities (HU) elective, and the HON 2001 course satisfies one three-credit social science (SS) elective. The Honors Research and Honors Special Topics courses are offered by academic units and require instructor and/or academic unit head/chair approval.
Honors Sections
Honors sections of core and elective courses offer distinct approaches to the material and require students to explore issues and problems in depth. Such courses are often discussion-oriented rather than lectures and involve research projects to facilitate the analysis, synthesis and understanding of scholarly work.
| Biology & Oceanography |
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| • BIO 1010 Biological Discovery 1/MAR 1010 Biological Discovery 1 |
| • BIO 1020 Biological Discovery 2/MAR 1020 Biological Discovery 2 |
| • OCN 1010 Oceanography |
| Chemistry |
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| • CHM 1101 General Chemistry 1 |
| • CHM 1102 General Chemistry 2 |
| • CHM 2001 Organic Chemistry 1 |
| • CHM 2002 Organic Chemistry 2 |
| Physics |
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| • PHY 1001 Physics 1 |
| • PHY 2002 Physics 2 |
| Psychology |
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| • PSY 4515 Psychology Honors Thesis |
| • PSY 4590 Psychology Honors Seminar |
Honors Options
Honors options allow faculty members to add requirements to non-Honors courses or sections. Honors options can be added to any course although options are ideal for upper-level electives. The student and faculty member submit a contract outlining the additional work for the course. The contract must be submitted to and approved by Honors College administrators at the beginning of the semester.
Fall 2023 Honors Courses
| CRN | Subject | Course | Section | Credits | Title | Days | Times | Instructor |
| 82087 | COM | 2223 | 15H | 3 | Sci/Tech Comm | MWF | 1:00 - 1:50 | Mazo |
| 87351 | HON | 2000 | 01H | 3 | Honors Seminar | MW | 4:00 - 5:15 | Burke |
| 87014 | HON | 4991 | 01 | 3 | Honors Research Exp 3 | Chivukula | ||
| 83713 | MTH | 1010 | 01H | 4 | Honors Calculus 1 |
MWF TR |
12:00 - 12:50 12:00 - 12:50 |
TBA |
| 87343 | MTH | 2010 | 01H | 4 | Honors Calculus 3 |
MW TR |
11:00 - 11:50 12:30 - 1:45 |
Berchenko-Kogan |
| 87991 | MTH | 3220 | 01 | 3 | Honors PDE |
MW |
12:30 - 1:45 |
Bukshtynov |
| 80206 | PHY | 2002 | 01H | 4 | Physics 2 | MF | 10:00 - 11:45 | TBA |
| 87964 | PSY | 4417 | 01 | 3 | Psychology Honors Research | Harvey | ||
| 87965 | PSY | 4417 | 02 | 3 | Psychology Honors Research | Jones | ||
| 87966 | PSY | 4417 | 03 | 3 | Psychology Honors Research | Addante | ||
| 87967 | PSY | 4417 | 04 | 3 | Psychology Honors Research | Proctor | ||
| 87968 | PSY | 4417 | 05 | 3 | Psychology Honors Research | Talbot | ||
| 87969 | PSY | 4417 | 06 | 3 | Psychology Honors Research | Chavez | ||
| 87970 | PSY | 4417 | 07 | 3 | Psychology Honors Research | Costopoulos | ||
| 87971 | PSY | 4417 | 08 | 3 | Psychology Honors Research | Conradt | ||
| 81275 | PSY | 4515 | 01 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | Costopoulos | ||
| 81785 | PSY | 4515 | 02 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | Conradt | ||
| 83078 | PSY | 4515 | 04 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | Talbot | ||
| 83079 | PSY | 4515 | 05 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | Addante | ||
| 83080 | PSY | 4515 | 06 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | Lavooy | ||
| 83795 | PSY | 4515 | 07 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | Proctor | ||
| 83799 | PSY | 4515 | 08 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | Harvey | ||
| 83919 | PSY | 4515 | 09 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | Converse | ||
| 85270 | PSY | 4515 | 10 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | Burns | ||
| 87987 | PSY | 4515 | 11 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | Chavez | ||
| 85861 | PSY | 4515 | 15 | 3 | Psychology Honors Thesis | LoGalbo | ||
| 81212 | PSY | 4590 | 01 | 1 | Psych Honors Seminar | F | Addante |