The Honors College curriculum includes two levels of study: Honors Foundations (Level 1) and Honors Explorations (Level 2), which includes the Honors College capstone experience. Combined, our curriculum satisfies most of SCSU’s liberal education program (LEP) requirements for a bachelor’s degree except for the Multilingual Communication requirement and the Quantitative Reasoning requirement appropriate to your major. Be sure to speak with your advisor about whether additional LEP classes are required for your major.
Level 1: Honors Foundations (16 credits)
Usually completed during the student’s 1st and 2nd year at SCSU
- INQ 101 – Intellectual and Creative Inquiry (3 credits)
- HON 150 – Introduction to Critical Inquiry (3 credits)
- HON 271 – Scientific Investigation (4 credits)
Choose 6 credits from:
- HON 205 – Foundations of Academic Inquiry: Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
- HON 206 – Foundations of Academic Inquiry: Sciences (3 credits)
- HON 207 – Foundations of Academic Inquiry: Leadership and the Professions (3 credits)
Level 2: Honors Explorations (22 credits)
Usually started during the student’s 2nd year at SCSU
- HON 300 – Community and Service Engagement (3 credits)
- HON 350 – Capstone Exploration (3 credits)
- HON 401 – Professional Development (3 credits)
- HON 402 – Honors Leadership (1 credit)
Choose 6 credits from:
- HON 210 – The Idea of Self: The Ancient World (3 credits)
- HON 250 – The City in Western Civilization (3 credits)
- HON 254 – Utopias and Dystopias (3 credits)
- HON 255 – Ambiguity and Uncertainty in the Arts & Sciences (3 credits)
- HON 290 – The Language of Art (3 credits)
- HON 298 – Special Topics (3 credits)
- HON 305 – Explorations of Academic Inquiry: Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
- HON 306 – Explorations of Academic Inquiry: Sciences (3 credits)
- HON 307 – Explorations of Academic Inquiry: Leadership and the Professions (3 credits)
- HON 398 – Special Topics (3 credits)
- HON 498 – Special Topics (3 credits)
New HON classes are being developed all the time, so be sure to check back for new HON electives to choose from to meet the 6-credit requirement for this category.
Usually started during the student’s 3rd year at SCSU
Choose one of the following 6-credit capstone requirements:
- Thesis Research
- HON 494 – Honors Prospectus (3 credits)
- HON 495 – Honors Thesis (3 credits)
- Community Service
- HON 460 – Community Engaged Research I (3 credits)
- HON 461 – Community Engaged Research II (3 credits)
- Study Abroad
- HON 451 – International Study Foundations (1 credit)
- Elective course taken while abroad (3 credits)
- HON 452 – After Abroad: Research and Creative Activity (2 credits)