University Honors Minor

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Students must be admitted to the program before declaring the Honors Minor. The amount of credits the student must take varies upon when the student enters the program. Freshman must take a minimum of 24 credits within the honors curriculum. Transfer students and Internal students (those who enter the program after their freshman year) must take a minimum of 14 credits.

General Education

Students who enter the program as a freshman must take 13 or more credits of the following. Transfer students and internal students must only fulfill any remaining required credits.

Required Courses

OREN 105 - The Tusculum Experience Credit(s): 1
RELG 101 - Introduction To The Old Testament Credit(s): 3 (Honors OT)

Must take 3 out of 4 courses:

CIVS 251 - Theory And Practice Of Citizenship Credit(s): 3
COMM 220 - Argumentation And Debate Credit(s): 3
HUMA 222 - Philosophy Through The Humanities Credit(s): 3

Lab Science

Environmental Science or General Biology. Chemistry majors can use CHEM 101 /CHEM 101L to fulfill this requirement.

Upper Level Courses

Students who enter program as freshman will take 6 credits of the following. Transfer students and internal students are required to take 9 credits of the following.

Selected (one existing course per year designated as Honors)
Departmental (student works with professor in major on course)
Special Topic (course created by faculty for Honors students)

Honors Core

Students take 5 credits or more.

HNRS 245 - Honors Seminar Credit(s): 1 Must take 3 credits
HNRS 455 - Honors Thesis/E Portfolio Credit(s): 2
or
HNRS 451 - Honors Internship Credit(s): 1-4 if approved by Honors program director