Course Catalog

College Honors Program Courses

Course descriptions listed on this page for the College Honors Program are from the 2020-2021 College Catalog. For more information on the courses offered during the fall and spring semesters, please log in to the course schedule through STAR.

HNRS 294 — Second Year Honors Colloquium

Evening workshops and discussions focused on developing academic skills and interests. Formal workshops prepare students to write an intellectual autobiography, submit applications for grants and fellowships, and make formal academic presentations. Pass/No Pass.
Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to 2nd year students in the College Honors Program.
GPA units: 0.5
Typically Offered: Spring

HNRS 295 — Third Year Honors Colloquium

Evening workshops and discussions focused on developing academic skills and interests. Formal workshops prepare students to write an intellectual autobiography, submit applications for grants and fellowships, and make formal academic presentations. Pass/No Pass.
Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to 3rd year students in the College Honors Program.
GPA units: 0.5
Typically Offered: Spring

HNRS 296 — Fourth Year Honors Colloquium

Evening workshops and discussions focused on developing academic skills and interests. Formal workshops prepare students to write an intellectual autobiography, submit applications for grants and fellowships, and make formal academic presentations. Pass/No Pass.
Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to 4th year students in the College Honors Program.
GPA units: 0.5
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

HNRS 299 — Honors Seminar

Required seminar for sophomore honors students. Three faculty members from three different disciplines together engage the newly-selected honors students from majors across the curriculum in a multidisciplinary approach to the metaphysical, cultural, spiritual, and material aspects of human nature. More generally, this course hopes to model integrative thinking and study. One unit.
Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to 2nd year students in the College Honors Program.
GPA units: 1
Typically Offered: Spring

HNRS 395 — Honors Seminar

Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to 3rd and 4th year students in the College Honors Program.
GPA units: 1
Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

HNRS 494 — Honors Thesis

Honors seniors take one unit's worth of thesis credit each semester, which is graded at the end of the second semester by the student's advisor, with input from readers. The thesis is a substantial independent project either in or out of a student's major, which means that it may count for major credit or not. Two units.
GPA units: 0
Typically Offered: Fall

HNRS 495 — Honors Thesis

Honors seniors take one unit's worth of thesis credit each semester, which is graded at the end of the second semester by the student's advisor, with input from readers. The thesis is a substantial independent project either in or out of a student's major, which means that it may count for major credit or not. Two units.
GPA units: 2
Typically Offered: Spring