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HONORS ACADEMIC COMPONENT

The Humanities Suite (to be completed before end of sophomore year)

Honors 110: Honors Composition (3 credits; fulfills Core requirements for Core 110).
    HNRS 110 must be completed by end of freshman year

Honors 135: Literature and Civilization (3 credits; fulfills Core requirements for Core 160 and Core 131)

Honors 203: The Western Tradition in Art and Literature Since the 18th century (3 credits; fulfills Core 16X)

Honors 204: Western Experiences Since the 18th century (3 credits; fulfills Core 132).

Honors 250: Introduction to the Christian Tradition (3 credits; fulfills Core 250)

Honors 260: Introduction to the Christian Moral Tradition (3 credits; fulfills Core 26X)

Honors 280: Philosophy I (3 credits; Fall semester; successful completion of this course and Core 110 fulfills the College requirement for Core 100: Critical Thinking)

Honors 281: Philosophy II (Spring semester, 3 credits; fulfills requirement for Core 28X)


HONORS SEMINARS

Before graduation, students will be expected to complete four three-credit Honors seminars. These may be 200 or 300 level courses established by the Honors Program, such as:

Honors 301: An Artistic Journey to. . . ( New York, Krakow, Jerusalem. . . a new city each semester!)

Honors 302: Topics in Cinema, or other offerings posted by Major departments in concert with the Honors Program. In addition to these, students will also be accommodated with Independent Study projects, and Honors Extension Contracts (which enable the student to receive Honors credits for regular major-level courses when appropriate Honors sections are not available.) Students will also be allowed to cover six credits of the junior-year seminar requirement through participation in internships, study abroad programs, practica, and other approved projects and equivalent opportunities.

All Honors students will be expected to complete six Foreign Language credits before the end of their time at King's College. Please check the Foreign Language Department's pages in the catalogue for credit incentives for students enrolling in more advanced language courses.


SENIOR YEAR
THE HONORS CAPSTONE


Honors 401: Independent Guided Research (3 credits). Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, the Honors student will spend this first semester of his or her senior year engaged in in-depth research preparatory to the composition of an Honors Thesis. All projects must be approved by the Director of the Honors Program before they are undertaken and registered for. While it is expected that the capstone project will deal with a topic in the student's major field, all proposals will be considered on an individual basis, and projects in a second major, or minor, will not be excluded out of hand. HONORS CAPSTONE PROJECTS MAY BE "DOVETAILED" TO COMPLEMENT ANY CAPSTONE PROJECTS REQUIRED BY THE STUDENT'S PARTICULAR MAJOR.

Honors 402: The Honors Thesis (3 credits). Under the direction of the same faculty mentor who guided the student in Honors 401, the Honors student will spend the spring semester of his or her senior year composing an Honors Thesis. The Thesis will be a well-developed piece of writing: an original work, composed in a matter befitting the methods and expectations of scholarship and scholarly writing in the student's major field.

NOTE:
HONORS 401 AND 402 ARE ONLY OPEN TO SENIORS IN THE HONORS PROGRAM. THE COMPLETION OF THE CAPSTONE PROJECT IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE STUDENT'S RECEPTION OF THE HONORS CERTIFICATE AT GRADUATION.

RECENT OFFERINGS BY THE HONORS PROGRAM:

HNRS 151: American Government (3)

HNRS 154: Psychological Foundations (3)

HNRS 223: Genetics (3)

HNRS 282: The Creative Vision of Alfred Hitchcock (3)

HNRS 282: Philosophical Themes: Eastern Philosophy (3)

HNRS 289: Science and Religion (3)

HNRS 356: Economics/ International Business (3)

HNRS 391: The Ascent of Man (3)

HNRS 395: Comparative Literature (3)

HNRS 395: Slavic Film and Literature (3)

HNRS 420: Contemporary Issues in Gerontology (3)

HNRS 431: Women in Politics (3)

HNRS 475: God, Man and the Universe (3)

HNRS 492: Women in Management (3)

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