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HONORS PROGRAM CURRICULUM

(4-Year Curriculum: 40 Units/30 Units GE)

(Transfer Curriculum: 20 Units/12 Units GE)

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE (13 units):

Fall I:

HONS 1010 Reading Seminar in the Humanities (3) (GE C2)

ENGL 1005 Honors Composition (3) (GE A2)

Winter I:

HONS 1020 Mathematical Connections (1*)

Spring I:

PHIL 2005 Honors Critical Thinking Seminar (3) (GE A3)

COMM 2005 Honors Discussion Seminar (3) (GE A1)

SOPHOMORE EXPERIENCE (7 units):

HONS 2010 Reading Seminar: Social Inquiry (3) (GE D2b)


HONS 2990 Sophomore Seminar: Institutions (3) (GE D2a)

HONS 2850 Service Learning Project (1) Typically offered in Spring


JUNIOR
EXPERIENCE: INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH (12 units):


HONS 3000 Intellectual Methods in Humanities (3) (GE F2)

HONS 3050 Methods of Discovery in Social Science (3) (GE F3)

HONS 3100 Methods of Inquiry in Natural Science (3) (GE F1)

HONS 3500 Information/Research/Analysis (3) (GE E1) Typically                               offered in Spring

SENIOR CAPSTONE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS (8 units):

Fall IV:

HONS 4200 Senior Colloquium (1) and

HONS 4990 Senior Thesis (*) or HONS 4995 Capstone

Project (*) or Discipline-based Senior Thesis (*)

Winter III:

HONS 4990 Senior Thesis (*) or HONS 4995 Capstone

Project (*) or Discipline-based Senior Thesis (*)

Spring IV:

HONS 4990 Senior Thesis (*) or HONS 4995 Capstone

Project (*) or Discipline-based Senior Thesis (*)

HONS 4960 Presentation Seminar (1)

*Students earn 6 units for completing the senior

capstone project.


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