Honors Curriculum

The Honors Program curriculum is a four-year sequence of courses designed to build upon one another to give our students a rounded liberal arts education. Our courses layer together to broaden students’ perspectives and advance their critical thinking and communication skills. Our curriculum begins with students taking multiple Honors courses per term, which allows them to build camaraderie with their fellow Honors cohort members. Then, to accommodate our students’ increasingly busy schedules as they advance into their major coursework, our curriculum contracts to one course per term.

Transfer students coming from 2-year colleges that have completed their institution’s honors program requirements can expect to take 13 hours with SE Honors.

Courses marked with a # can be applied toward students’ General Education requirements.

Honors Curriculum
Year of Entry: Fall 2023 – Present
Honors courses are designed to be taken in sequence. In order to graduate as an Honors Program Graduate, students must complete at least a minimum of 28 credit hours of approved honors curriculum. Transfer students will be eligible for substitutions at the discretion of the Honors Director.
Freshman Year Required Courses¹
Fall:		Spring:
ORIE 1002 COMM 2213	#College Success #Business and Professional Speaking	HON 3113 PSY 1113	#Local Habitations #Intro to Psychology
		OR
BIO 1404	#Principles of Biology 1	PSY 3523	#Multicultural Psychology
		BIO 1404	#Principles of Biology 1
Sophomore Year Required Courses²
Fall:		Spring:
ENG 3893	#World Lit in Translation	ENG 3893	#World Lit in Translation
&		&
HIST 3793	#Cultural History of the West	HIST 3793	#Cultural History of the West
OR		OR
STAT 2153	#Statistical Methods	STAT 2153	#Statistical Methods
Junior Year Required Courses
Fall:		Spring:
PHIL 2223	#Ethics	LEAD 4981	#Leadership
Senior Year Required Courses
Fall:		Spring:
HON 4712	#Senior Seminar	Guided Elective

Electives
Fall:	Spring:
	MUS 1123	#Music Lit & Appreciation

Transfer Curriculum
Junior Year Required Courses
Fall:		Spring:
ENG 3893 &	#World Lit in Translation	HON 3113	#Local Habitations
HIST 3793	#Cultural History of the West	LEAD 4981	#Leadership
Senior Year Required Courses
Fall:		Spring:
HON 4712	#Senior Seminar	Guided Elective

1) Students with a BIO 1404 requirement should plan to take it in the fall semester. Freshmen who have already taken PSY 1113 as a Gen Ed will take PSY 3523 as their Honors psychology course.
2) ENG 3893 & HIST 3793 is a block course. Students must enroll in both courses simultaneously to fulfill Honors requirements.