Honors Program Courses

HON 1010 ANCIENT WORLD (NON-ROMAN) (2)
Introduction to critical reading methods. Readings in antiquity and in Greek civilization.
Prerequisite: none
Offered: fall

HON 1020 ANCIENT WORLD (ROMAN) AND MEDIEVAL TEXTS (2)
Introduction to genre, narration, and cultural context. Readings in Roman, Eastern, Medieval, and Asian philosophical texts.
Prerequisite: none
Offered: spring

HON 2000 SPECIAL TOPICS (1 or 3)
An elective course enriching the five-semester reading seminar program through selected events or additional readings. The precise content varies. The course can be repeated as the course title changes.
Prerequisite: Permission of the course instructor is required.
Offered: as needed

HON 2010 RENAISSANCE AND ENLIGHTENMENT TEXTS (2)
Introduction to modernity. Readings in Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment texts.
Prerequisite: none
Offered: fall

HON 2020 NINETEENTH-CENTURY TEXTS (2)
Introduction to reception history. Readings in late eighteenth and nineteenth-century texts.
Prerequisite: none
Offered: spring

HON 3010 TWENTIETH-CENTURY TEXTS (2)
Introduction to ideological and de-centering readings. Readings in twentieth-century texts.
Prerequisite: successful completion of the third or fourth Honors Program reading seminar
Offered: fall

HON 4010 HONORS PROJECT (1 or 3)
Capstone project in which a student integrates the Honors Program, General Education requirements, and major. The 3-credit version of the course is a research project and presentation; the 1-credit version of the course is a directed reading seminar accompanying the student’s capstone project in his/her major.
Prerequisites: For the 1 credit and 3 credits courses are successful completion of the five reading seminars, permission of the program Co-Directors, and a 3.0 minimum cumulative GPA
Offered: as needed