General Honors

Graduation Requirements

General Honors exists as an Interdisciplinary Honors Program available to Honors qualified students from any major. Those students who finish the General Honors Program successfully will be designated a University Honors Program Graduate upon graduation. This is earned by those students who:

Complete at least 15 hours in Honors courses (six hours outside the major)
Maintain a 3.4 grade point average in Honors work
Complete a senior Honors thesis or project for three additional hours credit
General Honors students may choose Honors courses from the various departmental honors offerings or from the General Honors curriculum. A brief description of the General Honors Curriculum follows. See the General Bulletin.

GH 1150 "Self and Society"

Offered in fall semester and open only to incoming Honors-qualified freshmen, this class provides a cross disciplinary introduction to Honors-level critical thinking, reading, writing, and discussion. The class is designed to prepare students to participate in Honors courses at all levels and can be taken along with another Honors course during the first semester.

GH 1515 "The Human Condition"

A study of sources, origins, and "given" conditions with which humans have to contend. This course asks questions concerning the limits of human development, natural, psychological, and economic. This course is generally taught from the perspectives offered by the humanities, physical, and social sciences.

GH 2515 "Great Humans in Their Cultural Context"

A study of important figures in history, emphasizing their relationships to the historical and cultural conditions of their times. This study of great human achievement emphasizes the importance of personal growth and development.

GH 3515 "The Human Future"

An examination of possible human futures based on the projections of various disciplines and on potential definitions of the human which have emerged from the courses in the sequence.

GH 4010 "Senior Honors Thesis"

Independent study and research for an interdisciplinary thesis or project. Directed and graded by a member of the student's major department and a member of another department. Students may register for up to three hours credit, spread over two semesters.

All General Honors courses receive the CD (cross disciplinary) Core Curriculum designator. Other designators are assigned to courses as appropriate to the course content and format and can change from semester to semester. In addition, the "Humans" courses may count toward the Social Science or Humanities hours required of all students in General Education ("Self and Society" is a general elective).

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