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 student’s 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.

Honors Program graduates must complete 30 Honors hours, following the curriculum below. Courses marked with a # can be applied toward students’ General Education requirements.

Freshman Year Courses

Fall
ORIE 1002 College Success
#COMM 2213 Business and Professional Speaking
#BIOL 1404 Principles of Biology, with Lab

Spring
HON 3113 Local Habitations
#PSY 1113 Intro to Psychology OR PSY 3523 Multicultural Psychology

Sophomore Year Courses

Fall
#ENG 3893 World Literature in Translation AND HIST 3793 Cultural History of the West
OR
#MATH 2283 Introduction to Logic

Spring
#ENG 3893 World Literature in Translation AND HIST 3793 Cultural History of the West
OR
#STAT 2153 Statistical Methods

Junior Year Courses

Fall
#PHIL 2223 Ethics

Spring
LEAD 4981 Leadership Seminar

Senior Year Courses

Fall
HON 4712 Senior Seminar

Spring
Guided Elective*

* Guided electives typically take the shape of internships or applied learning programs and can be completed at any point during a student’s career at Southeastern. Guided electives must be approved by the Honors office.