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HONORS COURSES THAT FULFILL PORTIONS OF THE SEU GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENT
 

HONORS COURSE EQUIVALENTS FOR SEU GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
2009-2010

NOTE: (1) Course descriptions for Honors Special Topics courses (HONS 1340/2360/4370) will indicate whether a course fulfills a general education requirement. (2) 4000 level courses require sophomore standing or above. (3) Students may not take more than two Honors courses a semester.

CULF 1318 Literature and Human Experience
Honors 1367 THE PRINTED PAGE AND THE SILVER SCREEN (GU) - first semester freshmen
Honors 3379 SHAKESPEAREAN THEATRE
Honors 3387 RENAISSANCE LITERATURE
Honors 4370 SPECIAL TOPIC: GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Honors 4384 TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND FILM

CULF 1319 Understanding and Appreciating the Arts
Honors 1340 SPECIAL TOPIC: PUBLIC ART AND CONTROVERSY
Honors 1340 SPECIAL TOPIC: CONTEMPORARY DRAMA AND THE AUSTIN THEATER SCENE
Honors 1340 SPECIAL TOPIC: ART AND CULTURE THEN AND NOW  (SP 07)
Honors 1367 THE PRINTED PAGE AND THE SILVER SCREEN (GU) - first semester freshmen
Honors 3379 SHAKESPEAREAN THEATRE 
Honors 4384 TOPICS IN LITERATURE AND FILM

CULF 1320 American Experience
Honors 1340 SPECIAL TOPIC: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Honors 1320 AMERICA: SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

CULF 2321 American Dilemmas
Honors 2321 ISSUES IN SOCIAL JUSTICE

CULF 3330 HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL PROCESSES
                        (formerly Identity of the West)

Honors 3375 THE SHAPING OF THE MODERN WORLD (GU)
                        (formerly The World Through Western Eyes)

CULF 3331 Contemporary World Issues
Honors 3331 TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD ISSUES (GU)
Honors 4390 GERMAN NATIONALISM (GU)

Religious Studies/Philosophy
Honors 1340 SPECIAL TOPIC: HISTORY OF WORLD RELIGIONS (GU) - first semester freshmen
Honors 3393 TOPICS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES/THEOLOGY
Honors 3396 WORLDS, MINDS, AND WORLDMAKING
Honors 3397 ETHICS AND ECONOMICS   
Honors 4392 MYTH AND SOCIAL ORDER

Ethics
Honors 3397 ETHICS AND ECONOMICS

SCIE 2320 Science in Perspective
Honors 4345** SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY (Any student may substitute this course for SCIE 2320.  For science majors, this course will substitute for the requirement for SCIE 4345 History and Philosophy of Science.  It will NOT substitute for CULF 3330.) 

CAPS 4360 Capstone
Honors 4399 SENIOR THESIS

*Honors Special Topics HONS1340/2360/4370  May be repeated as topics change.

REMINDERS:

  1. Not all Honors courses have general education equivalents.
  2. Honors sections of  Rhetoric and Composition DO NOT count as
      part of the Honors Program.

Study Abroad:Students who have received credit for courses other than language courses taken while studying abroad may be exempt from one honors seminar. Contact Barbara Filippidis (X8558; Sorin 217) for details.

To complete the Honors Program, students must take at least eight honors courses (24 hours), seven seminars plus the Senior Thesis, and maintain a GPA of 3.50 in honors courses and a GPA of 3.20 overall. Students must also fulfill requirements such as attending the Honors Thesis Symposium each semester. Students who are not in compliance with all requirements cannot register for Senior Thesis (Honors 4399).

Students who fall below the required honors GPA (3.50) or the required cumulative GPA (3.20) for three consecutive semesters will be subject to dismissal from the Honors Program.
Students who have not registered for an honors course for three consecutive semesters are also subject to dismissal.

COURSES NOT CURRENTLY OFFERED

CULF 1318 Literature and the Human Experience
Honors 2360 SPECIAL TOPIC: LITERATURE AND WAR (GU)
Honors 3388 THE FAUST LEGEND

CULF 1320 American Experience
Honors 1340 SPECIAL TOPIC: THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND: AMERICAN DREAMS AND REALITIES
Honors 2371 THE STORY OF AMERICAN FREEDOM

CULF 2321 American Dilemmas
Honors 3382 EDUCATION REFORM IN AMERICA

CULF 3331 Contemporary World Issues
Honors 4376 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Ethics
Honors 4380 SPECIAL TOPIC: ETHICS

Religious Studies/Philosophy
Honors 1340 SPECIAL TOPIC: RADICAL POLITICS OF CHRISTIANITY

 
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