University Honors Program Curriculum

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Honors Seminars Meeting General Education Requirements (15 units required)

HONR 101A - Honors Seminar in Critical Thinking (3)
HONR 101B - Honors Seminar in Oral Communication (3)
HONR 201A - Honors Seminar: American Institutions and Values to 1900 (3) (U.S. History requirement)
HONR 201B - Honors Seminar: American Institutions and Values Since 1900 (3) (U.S. Government requirement)
HONR 210A - Honors Seminar: World Civilizations to 1500 (3)
HONR 210B - Honors Seminar: World Civilizations since 1500 (3)
HONR 301T - Honors Seminar in Natural Science and Mathematics (3) Globalization and the Environment; History of Life; Einstein and the Modern World
HONR 302T - Honors Seminar in Arts and Humanities (3) Theatre and Issues in American Society; Native North American Art and Culture; World Cinema; Life History Narratives and the American Experience; Literature and Science; Music and Ecstasy; Ideals of the Western World
HONR 303T - Honors Seminar in Social Sciences (3) History and Philosophy of American Mass Communication; The Global Economy; History, Culture, Power; The Middle East; Minority Group Relations; Drugs, Politics and Cultural Change; Modern Asia; Race and Ethnic Relations; Food Studies; Altruism and Social Justice
HONR 304T - Honors Seminar in Lifelong Learning (3) Existential Group; Science, Technology and Society; Human and the Natural World; Modernity and the Examined Life; War, Peace, Conflict
HONR 305 - Honors Seminar: Evolution and Creation (3)
HONR 306 - Honors Seminar: Women in American Society (3)

Honors Colloquia and Senior Honors Project (9 units required)

Note:

All honors students must complete a senior honors project, enrolling both semesters of the senior year. Each student will work closely with a faculty member in his/her major field to design and execute an individual project of the student’s choosing. Students may elect to contract a departmental capstone seminar and/or departmental independent study to fulfill part of this requirement.

Optional

HONR 499 - Honors Independent Study (1-3) Study abroad experience may be used to substitute up to 3 units per semester of honors coursework (to a maximum of 6 units). Any substitution must be requested in advance.