Honors Program

HON 260. Honors Experiences. 1-4 Credits.

This flexible course allows Honors students to pursue specially arranged high-impact individual reflective experiences, like service-learning projects, community engagements and volunteering, internships, shadowing opportunities, peer mentoring, or tutoring for Honors credit. May be initiated by students with approval of Honors Director, provided appropriate supervisors are willing and structure for oversight is in place. Generally, credits will be determined by the number of hours devoted to the experience and reflection on it; for example, 1 credit = 15 contact hours, 2 credits = 30 contact hours, etc. Prerequisites: Admittance to Honors Program, and HON 101 or HON 102. Repeatable to 9 credits. F,S,SS.

HON 102. Leaders in Action Cornerstone. 3 Credits.

This course will feature readings and discussion of selected works that reflect the methodology of the social sciences, with emphasis on intercultural understanding, as a means to learn about diverse models of leadership and its connection to the Honors experience, and to cultivate skills for becoming thoughtful leaders within a pluralistic, democratic society. First-year students in the Honors Program who identify in the new Leaders in Action track will take this course and critically examine themes like power, effective action, communication, human differences and behavior, public service, and the common good through methods, sources, and paradigms central to the social sciences. Prerequisite: Admittance to the Honors Progam. F,S.

HON 101. Research Scholars Cornerstone. 3 Credits.

Reading and discussion of selected works that reflect the methodology of the humanities, with emphasis on US Diversity, as a means to establish fundamental skills for responsible research in any field, including: critical and creative thinking, deep reading, scholarly inquiry, and diversity of perspective through an intercultural approach. Taken by first-year students in the Honors Program who identify in the new Research Scholars track. Prerequisite: Admittance to the Honors Progam. F,S.