To fulfill the general education requirement, the Honors Scholars student will take at least 33 semester hours. Of these, a minimum of 3 courses to total at least 9 credits must be in each of the three General Education areas. These are fine arts and humanities; natural science and mathematics (1 of these courses to emphasize scientific inquiry); and social sciences. No more than 9 hours may be taken at the 111 level. Questions arising as to whether certain courses count toward the fulfillment of area requirements will be resolved by the Honors Scholars Coordinator in consultation with the student's advisor. Included in social sciences are the disciplines of anthropology, history, economics, geography, political science, psychology, and sociology. The course taken to fulfill the Constitution requirement may count toward fulfillment of the social science requirement. [The Constitution requirement is deleted effective Fall 2001.] Students majoring in academic areas will be able to fulfill three hours of the requirements of one GE area with courses from their academic major.
To complete their 33 hours, Honors Scholars students will be required to take three semester hours of an Honors Scholars Seminar (HS 120) which includes work on composition and oral communication and is required of all entering Honors Scholars freshman students. Honors Scholar students will also be required to take three semester hours of an interdisciplinary seminar; either HS 320 or an IS course offered as a seminar.
Honors Scholars students will be required to complete one course exploring intergroup relations concerns and one course exploring either international issues or international culture. These courses will be allowed to fulfill the appropriate General Education area requirements.
The above requirement cannot be satisfied by Skills courses.
The IS Seminar is required of all students accepted as Honors Scholars. Transfer students accepted as Honors Scholars must meet the requirements outlined above through courses accepted for transfer or through University courses approved by the College or School Honors Scholars Coordinator or the Honors Scholar Program Coordinator. This stipulation also applies to SIUE students accepted as Honors Scholars after their first semester at SIUE.
Approved by Chancellor effective 2/24/03
This policy was issued on April 4, 2003, replacing the September 14, 2000 version.
Document Reference: 1H2
Origin: CC 23-82/83; CC 4-91/92; CC 34-91/92; CC 13-96/97; CC 1-98/99; CC 2-00/01; CC 21-02/03
