Students who wish to complete the University Honors Program, which culminates with a capstone senior seminar, must fulfill the requirements listed below.
Students take 9 or more courses, for a minimum of 25 credits.* Students select 7 classes from a variety of courses, and must include 1 from each of the three main categories (Human Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences). In addition, all students must take the 1-credit Honors Forum their first year as an Honors student, and complete the Honors Capstone Seminar.
*Transfer students with 60 units or more prior to matriculation take 4 Honors courses (1 from each of the 3 main categories), Honors Forum and Capstone Seminar, for a total of 16 credits.
To remain
in the program, Honors students are expected to hold a 3.3 GPA by the end of
their sophomore year and maintain it through their senior year. If a student's
GPA drops below 3.3, the student is on probation, with the expectation that the
GPA will return to the required level by the end of next semester. The student
should also consult with the director during this period.
Course links below take you to the Chapman catalog. For syllabi, visit Honors
Syllabi.
** Courses under multiple main categories can only be assigned to one category.
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NATURAL SCIENCES |
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Darwin's Evolutionary Theory: The Science and the Controversy |
3 |
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Universal Geometry |
3 |
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New Math of the Italian Renaissance |
3 |
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Paradoxes in Early 20th Century, and the Birth Set Theory |
3 |
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The Ecology of Sustainable Food |
3 |
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The Birth of Calculus: History of an Idea |
3 |
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| HON 359 | Fundamentals of Deductive and Inductive Logic | 3 |
| HON 367 | Pythagoras Revisited - A Quest for Interior Precision | 3 |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES |
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Media, Self and Society |
3 |
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Death, Self and Society |
3 |
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Monsters and Monstrosities |
3 |
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Art and Anthropology |
3 |
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Disney: Gender, Race and Religion |
3 |
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Ethnicity, Race and Nationalism |
3 |
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Credit, Growth and Economic Cycles |
3 |
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Thana Tourism: Traveling the “Dark Side” |
3 |
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Body Flesh Subject |
3 |
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HON 340 |
Social Justice: Mirage or Oasis? |
3 |
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HON 342 |
The Digital Archive: Memory, Media, Image |
3 |
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Illustrating History/the World: Graphic Memoirs, Novels, Reportage |
3 |
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HON 345 |
Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy |
3 |
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Foundations of Economic Exchange |
3 |
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HON 366 |
Deities and Demons: Ancient and Modern |
3 |
| HON 395e | Kotkin Presidential Fellow Seminar: History of the Future for Commerce | 3 |
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Gold Diggers: Economic Development and the California Gold Rush |
3 |
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“Seas of Stories”: Postcolonial Literature and Theory |
3 |
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Politics of Law |
3 |
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OTHER CATEGORIES |
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Honors Forum |
1 |
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Experimental Courses; Preceptorials |
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Topics in Honors |
3 |
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Independent Study |
1 - 3 |
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Study Abroad |
Any course taken while studying abroad for a semester can count as 1 of the honors elective courses. |
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Honors Preceptorials |
A preceptorial is a student-designed and student-directed course that can be offered during interterm sessions. |
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SENIOR SEMINAR (required) |
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Honors Capstone |
3 |
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TOTAL
CREDITS: minimum of 24
Honors
classes: 2012-2013
