The curriculum for Honors students varies slightly depending on choice of major. The major difference is that students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree take different Honors science and math courses than students pursuing Bachelor of Science degrees.
Honors students majoring in mathematics, computer science, and physics, for example, will take MATH 113 and 114 instead of HNRS 125 and 226, more advanced math courses designed to prepare them for their major. And Honors students whose major is in the natural sciences, engineering, or mathematics, will take more advanced science courses than HNRS 227 and 228.
Moreover, because certain majors require courses in the major to be taken in the freshman year, not all Honors students will necessarily take all Honors courses in the exact sequence. The following examples show the course requirements for both Bachelor of Arts students and Bachelor of Science students in the Honors curriculum.
Spring 2007 course information will be available October, 2006. See archives from Spring 2006 info as a general guideline.
Freshman Bachelor of Arts Curriculum |
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Freshman
Year: Fall Semester |
Freshman
Year: Spring Semester 6 credit hours of Honors courses (plus 9 credit hours of electives or courses in the major) |
| HNRS 110: Introduction to Research (4 credit hrs) | HNRS 130: Conceptions of Self (3 credit hrs) |
| HNRS
121: Reading Cultural Signs (3 credit hrs) |
HNRS 122: Reading the Arts (3 credit hrs) |
HNRS 125: A Liberal Arts Approach to Calculus (3 credit hrs) or HNRS 226: Topics in Quantitative Analysis (3 credit hrs) |
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Sophomore Bachelor of Arts Curriculum |
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| Sophomore
Year: Fall Semester 10 credit hours of Honors courses (plus 3 credit hours of electives or courses in the major) |
Sophomore
Year: Spring Semester |
| HNRS 131: Contemporary Society in Multiple Perspectives (3 credit hrs) | HNRS
228: Scientific Thought and Processes II (4 credit hrs) |
| HNRS
227: Scientific Thought and Processes I (4 credit hrs) |
HNRS
230: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (3 credit hrs) |
HNRS 240: Reading the Past (3 credit hrs) |
HNRS 353: Technology in the Contemporary United States (3 credit hrs) |
Freshman Bachelor of Sciences Curriculum |
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| Freshman
Year: Fall Semester 10 credit hours of Honors courses (plus 6 credit hours of electives or courses in the major) |
Freshman
Year: Spring Semester 10 credit hours of Honors courses (plus 6 credit hours of electives or courses in the major) |
| HNRS 110: Introduction to Research (4 credit hrs) | HNRS 130: Conceptions of Self (3 credit hrs) |
| HNRS
121: Reading Cultural Signs (3 credit hrs) |
HNRS 122: Reading the Arts (3 credit hrs) |
| MATH 113: Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 credit hrs) [or MATH 115] | MATH 114: Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 credit hrs) [or MATH 116] |
Sophomore Bachelor of Sciences Curriculum |
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| Sophomore
Year: Fall Semester 10 credit hours of Honors courses (plus 3 credit hours of electives or courses in the major) |
Sophomore
Year: Spring Semester
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| HNRS 131: Contemporary Society in Multiple Perspectives (3 credit hrs) | Laboratory
Science: Course and level depend on major (4 credit hrs) |
| Laboratory Science: Course and level depend on major (4 credit hrs) |
HNRS 230: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (3 credit hrs) |
HNRS 240: Reading the Past (3 credit hrs) |
HNRS 353: Technology in the Contemporary United States (3 credit hrs) |