Honors Program Core Courses

During the first two years, every student in the Honors Program takes honors sections of two or three of the Honors Core Courses, listed below. In these courses, students sharpen their skills at close and critical textual engagement and at articulation of questions and ideas, both in writing and in speaking. Enrollment in these courses is limited to seventeen students, and they all fulfill college Liberal Studies requirements.
 
Five courses are required to graduate in the Honors Program. Four of these courses must be worth at least three credits each. One of the five required courses is the Honors Colloquium.

The Honors Program suggests that three courses be chosen from the following five “Honors Core Courses” regularly offered:
1. First Year Seminar
2. Humanities 101: Ancient and Medieval Civilization
3. Humanities 102: Modern Civilization
4. Philosophy 103: Introduction to Philosophical Problems
5. Philosophy 201: The Philosophy of Human Nature

Additional Honors classes can be chosen from the designated Honors course offerings, which vary from semester to semester. In addition, Honors students may, with the approval of the instructor and the Honors Program Coordinator, take one “regular” course in the student’s major as an Honors Course, with enhanced content.

A Senior Capstone Project is developed and completed by graduating Honors Program students.

The capstone project is done in the student’s major and usually in the context of a senior seminar. If the senior seminar is at least a three credit course, it can be counted as one of the five required courses. If the departmental capstone project is done outside course work or in a one-credit course, the senior Honors student will consult with his/her thesis advisor and the Coordinator of the Honors Program to develop an appropriate capstone project. These students must take four Honors-program courses as well as the Honors Colloquium. Double Majors are required to complete only one capstone project.