Honors Program

Dr. David W. Coleman, Executive Director
University Building 137
(859) 622-2924

EKU Honors provides an enriched and accessible liberal arts college educational experience within the context of our large comprehensive university. With deep resources to support student travel and study abroad experiences as well as small seminar-style honors classes and an active residential Honors Living and Learning Community (LLC), EKU Honors provides one of the most supportive and creative educational experiences anywhere. Undergraduate students from every major on campus are welcome in EKU Honors, and our flexible honors curriculum provides versatility for today’s students, who often bring to EKU large numbers of prior credits from AP, IB, or Dual Credit experiences in high school. Students who complete the honors curriculum graduate as “EKU Honors Scholars,” with that status signified at Commencement by the distinctive maroon mortar board. Honors Scholar status is also formally designated on a graduate’s diploma as well as on official transcripts. To continue in the program and to graduate as an EKU Honors Scholar, students must maintain at least a 3.2 EKU GPA.

EKU Honors Curriculum

Students enter EKU Honors into one of the following two minors. Those entering EKU Honors in their first semester of college will complete the “Honors Maroon” minor. Those entering as transfer students or as continuing EKU students in a semester other than their first in college will complete the “Honors Gold” minor.

GPA Requirement

To remain active and eligible in EKU Honors, students must maintain the following minimum grade point averages:

3.00 institutional GPA up to 60 completed institutional hours
3.20 institutional GPA after 60 completed institutional hours and to graduate as an EKU Honors Scholar

Minors

Courses

HON 100. Engaging in Honors. (1 Credit)

I. Orientation and introduction to the honors community and fundamental aspects of honors life, preparing for academic and professional success, and learning to document experiences via the honors portfolio. Prerequisite: Admission to the EKU Honors Program.

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HON 101. The Examined Life. (3 Credits)

I. Prerequisite: Admission to the EKU Honors Program or the EKU E-Campus Honors Certificate program. Engagement with historical and recent memoirs, diaries, and philosophical reflections. Students develop fundamental skills in critical and creative thinking, research, and communication. Research project requires use of library resources and development of a cogent argument. [Humanities].

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HON 104. Honors Exploration:___________. (3 Credits)

(3). Interdisciplinary exploration of topics such as Health and Community, the US Constitution and the Law, Arts and Communities, Science and Society. Students work collaboratively to identify important problems, seek solutions, and undertake individual or group projects that culminate in a presentation. Prerequisite: Admission to the honors program.

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HON 302. Honors Option. (0 Credits)

A. Prerequisites: HON101 and HON 301. Taken in conjunction with a course at or above the 300- level in which student is simultaneously enrolled. Student completes a substantial project that places lessons and meanings of the upper-division course in the context of a philosophical, ethical, social, and/or civic issue studied in HON 101 and/or HON 301. Student must earn a “B” or better on project for HON 302 in order for it to count for credit toward the Honors Certificate.

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HON 304. Honors Seminar in the Mathematics Sciences:____. (3 Credits)

A. Prerequisite: ENG 101 or 101R or 105(B) or HON 102 and Admission to the Honors Program; and completion of all University developmental requirements; or departmental approval. A topics course in the mathematical sciences meeting the goals of the Honors Program. May be retaken with different topics to a maximum of six hours. Students may only take up to six hours of either HON 304 or 304W. [Quantitative Reasoning].

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HON 307. Honors Seminar in the Arts:___. (3 Credits)

A. Prerequisite: ENG 101 or 101R or 105(B) or HON 102 and Admission to the Honors Program; or departmental approval. A topics course in the arts meeting the goals of the Honors Program. May be retaken with different topics to a maximum of six hours. Students may only take up to six hours of either HON 307 or 307W. [Arts].

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HON 308. Honors Seminar in the Humanities:___. (3 Credits)

A. Prerequisite: ENG 101 or 101R or 105(B) or HON 102 and Admission to the Honors Program; or departmental approval. A topics course in the humanities meeting the goals of the Honors Program. Honors Core. May be retaken with different topics to a maximum of six hours. Students may only take up to six hours of either HON 308 or 308W. [Humanities].

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HON 310. Honors Seminar in History:___. (3 Credits)

A. Prerequisite: ENG 101 or 101R or 105(B) or HON 102 and admission to the Honors Program; or departmental approval. A topics course in history meeting the goals of the Honors Program. Honors Core. May be retaken with different topics to a maximum of six hours. Students may only take up to six hours of either HON 310 or 310W. [Historical and Global Dimensions].

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HON 312. Honors Seminar in the Social and Behavioral Sciences:___. (3 Credits)

A. Prerequisites: ENG 101 or 101R or 105(B) or HON 102 and Admission to the Honors Program; or departmental approval. A topics course in the social and behavioral sciences meeting the goals of the Honors Program. May be retaken with different topics to a maximum of six hours. Students may only take up to six hours of either HON 312 or 312W. [Social and Behavioral Sciences].

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HON 317. Honors Seminar in the Natural Sciences:___. (3 Credits)

A. Prerequisite: ENG 101 or 101R or 105 (B) or HON 102 and Admission to the honors program; or departmental approval. A topics course in the natural sciences meeting the goals of the Honors Program. Honors Core. May not be repeated even if content varies. 2 Lec./2 Lab. [Natural Sciences].

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HON 390. Directed Topics in Honors. (1-3 Credits)

A. Prerequisite: approval of honors program director. Specialized study of selected topics usually culminating in an official presentation at a conference such as the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council. Student must have the special topics proposal form approved by a faculty mentor prior to enrollment. May be retaken with different topics to a maximum of three hours.

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HON 391. Honors Portfolio. (1 Credit)

A. Prerequisites: HON 101 and HON 301. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: HON 302. Production of a portfolio that reflects and demonstrates the ways in which the student’s experiences in higher education have met and corresponded with the specified learning goals of the Honors Certificate program.

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HON 420. Thesis Project and Seminar. (3,6 Credits)

I, II. An in-depth thesis or major project, approved by the honors director, and presented in a suitable format within the seminar. May be retaken for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

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