Honors Course

What are Honors Courses?

Honors courses are open strictly to honors students. These courses incorporate all regular course content with added emphasis on student involvement in learning and demonstrating higher levels of intellectual skills. These courses are not designed to generate more work for you, but rather to provide work that is more appropriate for high-ability, motivated students. These courses often have smaller class sizes, giving you the chance to connect more closely with instructors and peers in a supportive, yet challenging environment. Select honors courses are offered on a rotating basis, with different courses available each semester. These courses could be in-person, online, or hybrid. Each honors section meets a general education requirement.

Connect with your advisor about enrolling for an honors course!

Example of a regular course description vs. Honors course description

Regular Myths and Legends:

An introduction to major myths and legends spanning from Ancient Greece to Modern America with an emphasis on how the motifs, archetypes, and themes are consistently revived in popular culture.

Honors:

Beyond the study of global myths and legends, Honors students will be researching local myths and legends like the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, the paranormal allure of the Ashmore Estate, and/or the mythos constructed around Abraham Lincoln in order to apply theoretical models of the study of myths and legends.

Regular Principles of Econ:

Focuses on the nature and method of economics, basic supply and demand analysis, national income accounting, business cycles, inflation and unemployment, fiscal policy, money and banking, and monetary policy.

Honors:

Honors students will engage with the course’s macroeconomic principles by supplying materials that combine what they learned/are learning with their individual interests and majors, which will allow the honors students to explore how the study of economics applies to their lives and majors.