15 courses with the subject HON, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
HON 1005Human Behavior: Introduction to Personal and Social Contexts3
Credit(s) Offered: Fall This course introduces students to a variety of psychological and sociological explanations of both individual and group behaviors. The primary goal of the course is to establish the foundation for a critical understanding of individual responsibility and of societal constraints on personal decisions and actions. The focus is on how, through our everyday interactions with one another in our current socio-historical context, we construct our realities and our understandings of the realities we create.
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Spring Honors students will be introduced to key selected current issues and use these as a platform for service learning. The course combines analysis of political and social issues with practice in the form of service learning oriented toward these issues.
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HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Fall This course encourages the development of each student’s writing, independent reading and research abilities. Concepts and expressions of leadership in the classical and romantic traditions in literature and the fine arts will be emphasized. Fictional and non-fictional literature will be examined from various class, cultural, gender, historical, literary and political perspectives.
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HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Spring Students will be introduced to the arts, the study of exemplary artists and composers, writers and/or philosophers from the eighteenth century through the modernist era of the twentieth century. Students will gain an understanding of major movements from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth century and the relationship of these different disciplines to each other in each period. Topics will include Neoclassicism/Classicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) This course will introduce students to various factors that influence overall physical and emotional wellness, including physical activity, nutritional practices, and stress. Additionally, students will learn how to critically evaluate health-related information to make informed lifestyle choices and examine the personal, social, and environmental influences on lifestyle choices, and ultimately, wellness. Cross-listed with EXSS 1000
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Spring This course is a continuation of Honors English I and emphasizes writing, independent reading and research. Students examine varieties of leadership in the personal narratives of cultural, intellectual and political leaders, and in the analyses of social critics and theorists and in works of fiction. We will examine works from various class, cultural, gender, historical, literary and political perspectives. The diversity of texts affords students opportunities to develop strategies for the interpretation and analysis of different kinds of source material and to evaluate the concept of leadership in many contexts.
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Fall This course will address current issues such as population growth, environmental concerns, genetic testing, the human genome mapping project, and the spread and control of disease. Each of these topics requires a clear understanding of the scientific research, mathematical principles and technological advances behind these biological questions. A case study approach and investigative activities that use laboratory experiments and computer simulations in concert with more traditional presentations will provide the focus for addressing these topics. These investigations will illustrate biological concepts while engaging the students in problem solving, planning, decision making and group discussions.
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Spring This course develops student skills in communication about and analysis of situations that can be described statistically. Foundational quantitative methods are introduced, developed, and applied to current social, political, and scientific contexts.Communication will include appropriate verbal, graphical, and numerical descriptions and analysis will focus on current best-practices in quantitative research. Statistical software will be used for computations. Cross-listed with MATH 1700 and MATH 1800
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Adjusted high school GPA of 2.7 or higher (associated with a high school graduation no more than two years from semester of enrollment) OR passing score on Quantitative and Analytical Skills or Advanced Algebra and Functions Accuplacer placement exam OR successful completion of MATH 0300 [Quantitative Prep.] or MATH 0500 [Algebraic Prep.] OR successful completion of a credit bearing mathematics course
HON 2010Honors Ethical Reasoning3
Credit(s) Offered: Spring This course introduces you to the most exigent and widely discussed contemporary moral problems. After providing a foundation in moral reasoning and moral arguments, we will discuss conflicting positions on topics including, but not limited to, the following: climate change, wealth inequality, capital punishment, abortion, physician-assisted suicide, eating meat, immigration and reparations for historical injustices.
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: annually Honors students will be introduced to the study and analysis of literature through a topic to be selected by their instructor. Students will be developing an understanding of the historical background and the popular culture at the time when the book was written.
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
HON 2150Honors Seminar Contemporary Issues in Humanities3
Credit(s) Offered: annually Students will have an opportunity to reflect on the positive and negative aspects of the arts in our society today and the impact of the arts in their lives. Topics may vary depending on the instructor and/or students enrolled. The instructor will provide a list of possible topics and additional topics will be generated by students throughout the course of the semester depending on current events and interests.
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: annually Honors students will be introduced to key historical issues and methods. Students will engage in intensive study of a historical topic or theme to be selected by the instructor. Cross-listed with HIST 2225
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: Spring This course will introduce students to the study of the natural world through a focus on a major topic in Environmental Sciences. Cross-listed with GEOG 2250
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester The course is for Honors students completing the senior requirement. Topics are approved by the thesis committee, coordinator, and advising professor. The course of study, meetings and credit are arranged with the advisor.
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Credit(s) Offered: every semester This course is the continuation of the Honors Thesis project begun in HON 4990. Topics are approved by the thesis committee, coordinator, and advising professor. The course of study, meetings and credit are arranged with the advisor.
Subject
HON
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit(s)
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Catalog
Fitchburg State University 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
