4 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 200Introduction to College Honors1
This course examines the evolution of liberal arts education and introduces the various academic disciplines and their contributions to human knowledge. There will be a focus on what it means to be a scholar and the intellectual virtues essential for excellent scholarship.
Honors standing or permission of the instructor Offered: Spring
HON 440Honors Tutorial1
During the next-to-last semester of the senior year, honors students planning to take HON 441 will equip themselves for writing their senior thesis in this mostly self-paced thesis tutorial class. In consultation with a faculty mentor in the student’s discipline, the student will compile a readings list and will become familiar with research and writing techniques and methods within the discipline. These readings, research, and writing preparations will be employed in writing the senior thesis during the student’s final semester (see HON 441 ).
In the final semester of the senior year, each honors student will, in consultation with a mentor in the student’s major, complete a major research and writing project. The topic will be chosen according to the student’s major interest and field of study, with the project supervised by a mentor in the same or a related field of study. The student will also engage second and third faculty readers for the thesis, including at least one from a field other than the student’s major. An oral defense of the project, to be presented to the honors council and open to all students and faculty, will follow the written thesis.
