Honors Courses
The
University Honors Program offers a variety of courses exclusively for
honors students. Three-unit seminars allow students the opportunity
to complete General Education course credit in a more intimate and
intellectually stimulating environment than regular courses. These
seminars are taught by some of the campus' most distinguished
faculty. Honors students are required to complete 24-units of honors
coursework, which generally translates to one seminar per semester.
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Syllabi, course numbers, and faculty listings are available at specific
course pages. Click course titles for additional information.
Honors
Course Descriptions
Honors
101A: Critical Thinking (3 credit)
Seminar for
first-year Honors Program students. Emphasizes the development of critical thinking skills. Interpretation, analysis, criticism and advocacy of ideas encountered in
designated Honors Program activities. Offered every fall.
Honors 101B: Oral Communications (3 credit)
Seminar for first-year Honors Program students. Emphasizes the development of oral communication skills. Construction, presentation and critical analysis of oral presentations
related to ideas encountered in designated Honors Program activities. Instruction in effective oral communication and critical thinking. Offered
every spring.
Honors 201A: American History, Institutions and Values –
History (3 credit)
Seminar for second-year Honors Program students. Critically examines the historical development of American institutions
and values, including the American political culture and constitutional system. Specific attention to cultural diversity, particularly race, ethnicity,
gender, and class, exploring the interaction, conflict, and cooperation of
diverse groups in historical context. Offered
every fall.
Honors 201B: American History, Institutions and Values –
Government (3 credit)
Seminar for second-year Honors Program students. Emphasizes American Government and Political Science.
Topics will include
contemporary issues, cultural diversity and changing political styles and
processes. Offered every
spring.
Honors
210A: World
Civilization to 1500 (3 credit)
Seminar is an option for second-year Honors Program students who have met
Advanced Placement credit for US History. Critically examines the development of Western and non-Western
civilizations from their origins to the sixteenth century. Offered every
fall.
Honors
210B: World
Civilization Since 1500 (3 credit)
Seminar is an option for second-year Honors Program
students who have met Advanced Placement credit for American Government. Critically examines the development of Western and non-Western
civilizations from the sixteenth century to the present. Offered every spring.
Honors 300A & B: Junior Honors Colloquium (1 credit
each)
Colloquium for third-year Honors Program students.
Honors
Upper Division Seminars (3 credit)
Specialized
variable topic seminars taught by distinguished faculty. Course involves intensive study of a special topic in one of the
following broad areas: III.A.3. - mathematics and natural sciences (301T),
III.B.2. - arts and
humanities (302T), III.C.2. - social sciences (303T), IV. - life-long learning (304T), or
V. - cultural diversity. Additional course numbers (305 and 306) denote
seminars that may meet more than one category. Note that these topics will vary from year to year and meet
upper-division general education requirements.
Honors
400A & B: Senior Honors Colloquium (1 credit each)
Two-semester sequence required of all honors students.
Course supplements Senior Honors Thesis/Project experience.
Offers supportive workshop environment for discussion of research-related
problems/challenges.
Provides nuts and bolts guidance on how to plan and carry out a major
independent research project.
Honors
497: Senior Honors Project (units
vary and may be taken for up to two semesters)
Student
will work closely with a faculty member in his/her major field to design and
execute an individual project. Students may elect to contract a departmental capstone seminar and/or
departmental independent study to fulfill all or part of this requirement. To receive Honors Project notation on your transcripts, however, it is
advisable to enroll in at least one semester of HONR 497.
Many students will receive credit towards major requirements in
fulfilling this requirement.
Honors 498: Honors Internship (3 credits)
Additional enrichment experience available for upper division honors
students. Course
offers students opportunities to earn credit for a variety of internship
experiences including: 1) working with an honors faculty member as a research or
teaching assistant; 2) doing a service learning internship in the community; or
3) special project in coordination with the University Honors and Scholars
Center. Contact the University Honors and Scholars Center
if you are interested in enrolling in an honors internship.
Honors 499: Honors Independent Study (1-3 credits)
Additional enrichment experience available for upper division honors
students, where students work closely with an honors faculty member to design
and execute an individual project. May be used as preparation for
Senior Honors Project sequence. Contact the University
Honors and Scholars Center if you are interested in enrolling in an honors
independent study.
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Students
who earn university credit by studying abroad will be considered to
have earned up to 6 units (3 units per semester) of the 24 units
required to graduate from the University Honors Program if they
complete a Study Abroad Project.
Projects must be approved in advanced.
Click here for to view guidelines.
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Students
may also receive upper division honors credit for the successful
completion of an upper division honors program in their major. Such a program must include a final thesis or project.
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