8 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 215Honors Seminar0-1
FALL and SPRING This course engages interdisciplinary topics in a seminar format for honors students. Each seminar practicum will center around the instructor’s discipline intersected with matters of faith. The course may be taken for 0 or 1 credit and can be repeated for credit. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading.
FALL Students will develop critical thinking skills by analyzing logic and reasoning. This course will encourage a process of identifying and generating questions. Concentrations will include: analyzing source materials, drawing conclusions, supporting those conclusions, and assessing truth claims. Academic writing skills will be developed throughout the course.
SPRING This course examines the beauty of creation as well as the creative work of humanity in multiple genres of art. Students will explore the concept of beauty and its relationship to the Christian philosophical concepts of truth, goodness, and wholeness.
FALL This course explores transcendence and the created universe. Students will discover order in the natural world, examining the intersection between creation and humanity. Rotating specializations will be explored in conjunction with the professor’s areas of expertise.
HON 320Wisdom: Exploring Christian Writers and Thought3
SPRING Students will study classic Christian writers and thinkers, exploring the wisdom their texts offer to people of faith seeking understanding. The primary source literature will include Christian writings from the early Church fathers to contemporary thinkers. The course will evaluate these authors’ synthesis of beauty, goodness, and truth that leads to wholeness of life and faith.
Arranged by Department This course provides a contextualized exploration of thought, faith, history and/or culture through a study abroad experience. Students will participate in immersive learning in an intercultural environment. Locations will be determined on a yearly basis. A course fee applies.
FALL This course will guide students through the process of completing an honors thesis/project in their chosen discipline, as a guided study with a faculty member of that department. The thesis/project will demonstrate a robust understanding of the subject. Projects must be approved by the honors committee.
