Honors Program

HONORS TRANSFER GUIDE
for University General Education Requirements
Approved by the University Board of Visitors


If a student leaves Honors before completing the Program, but remains at Mason, the following is recommended:

HNRS 110 Introduction to Research 4 credits English composition *

HNRS 121 Reading Cultural Signs

3 credits social science *

HNRS 122 Reading the Arts

3 credits humanities

HNRS 125 Quantitative Problems & Solutions I (effective Fall 2001 - A Liberal Arts Approach to Calculus)

3 credits mathematics

HNRS 130 Conceptions of Self

3 credits social science

HNRS 131 Contemporary Society in Multiple Perspectives

3 credits social science **

HNRS 225 Quantitative Problems and Solutions II (starting Spring 2002 - An Introduction to Chaos Theory and Nonlinear Dynamics)

3 credits mathematics

HNRS 227 Scientific Thought and Processes I

4 credits lab science

HNRS 228 Scientific Thought and Processes II

4 credits lab science

HNRS 230 Cross Cultural Perspectives

3 credits humanities **

HNRS 240 Reading the Past

3 credits social science*

HNRS 253 Technology in the Contemporary U.S.(effective Fall 2003 - course changed to 353)

3 credits humanities*

 

 

* Writing intensive course

 

**Fulfills Global Understanding requirement

 

PLEASE NOTE: The Honors curriculum employs "Writing Across the Curriculum," so that English composition credits after HNRS 110 are completed in several other courses, most specifically in HNRS 253 (353), where a major research project and revised drafts of papers are required.

 

College of Humanities and Social SciencesHonors Program
Enterprise Hall 302, MSN 1F4Fairfax, VA 22030703-993-1110honors@gmu.edu