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Degree Requirements

Honors Liberal Arts (BA)

50 Credits Minimum, Including 25 Upper Division (UD)

Core Requirements

HON 2000 Honors Culture and Soc Systems

CUE, WKSS

HON 2100 Honors Ethics& Critical Reason

HON 2200 Honors History& Representation

CUE, WKA

HON 3000 Honors Faith and Science

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HON 3200 Honors Research and Writing

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HON 4899 Honors Research Capstone

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Section Credits Required

Advanced Honors Electives

ART 3605 Modern Art: Image and Power (5)
ART 3606 Cross-Cultural Encounters (5)
ART 3608 Issues:Contempry Art&Vis Cultr (5)
ART 3611 Readng Images:Intro Visl Study (3)
ASIA 3419 Asian Religion, Art and Cul (5)
ASIA 3788 Pandemics, Empire and Survival (5)
HIS 3788 Pandemics, Empire and Survival (5)
BIO 3835 Theological Ecology (5)
CLA 3100 Ancient Civilization (5)
HIS 3100 Ancient Civilization (5)
DAT 4500 Data and Society (5)
EE 3520 Microgrids (3-5)
EGR 3611 ASE I:Alternative Energy Systm (5)
ENG 3348 Romantic Poetry and Fiction (5)
ENG 3380 African Literature (5)
ENG 3383 Arab Spring (5)
ENG 4152 Modernist Literature (5)
ENG 4162 Postmodern Literature (5)
HIS 3358 Race Sexuality Religion Europe (5)
HIS 3406 Christianity in America (5)
THEO 3303 Christianity in America (5)
HIS 3444 Humanitarianism (5)
HIS 3750 Latin America (5)
SOC 3750 Latin America (5)
HON 3950 Honors Advanced Studies (5)
LCL 3287 Mythology in Literature (5)
PHI 3602 Medieval Philosophy (3)
PHI 3633 Early Modern Philosophy (5)
PHI 3700 Philosophy of Language (3)
LIN 3700 Philosophy of Language (3)
PHI 3999 Minds and Machines (3)
PHY 3011 Global Climate Change (5)
SOC 3650 Border Crossings: Imm,Refugees (5)
SOC 3862 Race and Ethnicity (5)
SOC 4210 Gender in the Global Context (5)
SOC 4820 Sociology of Religion (5)
THEO 3110 Torah/Pentateuch: O.T. Gospel (5)
THEO 3210 Four Gospels and One Jesus (5)
THEO 4720 Leadership in Society (5)

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Section Credits Required

Mathematics (Any 5-credit Course that fulfills WKQR)*

BUS 2700 Statistics for Business & Econ (5)
CRIM 2360 Intro to Stats Soc & Behav Sci (5)
CSC 1521 Contemporary Math w/Computing (5)
MAT 1221 Survey of Calculus (5)
MAT 1234 Calculus I (5)
MAT 1300 Intro to Statistical Reasoning (5)
MAT 1521 Intro:Contemporary Mathematics (5)
MAT 2360 Intro to Stats for Sciences (5)
PSY 2360 Intro to Stats Soc & Behav Sci (5)
SOC 2360 Intro to Stats Soc & Behav Sci (5)

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MAT 1560 Numerical Reasoning (4)
MAT 2561 Statistical & Algebraic Reasng (4)

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Fundamental Sciences (Any 5-credit that fulfills WKFS)

BIO 1101 Biological Fundamentals (5)
BIO 1106 Ecological Fundamentals (5)
BIO 1121 Coral Reef Ecology (5)
BIO 1145 Oceanography (5)
BIO 2101 General Biology (5)
BIO 2571 Introduction to Biology (5)
CHM 1100 Introduction to Chemistry (5)
CHM 1211 General Chemistry I (5)
CHM 1310 Survey of General Chemistry (5)
PHY 1101 General Physics (5)
PHY 1121 Physics for Sci & Engineering (5)
PHY 1135 Astronomy:Individual & Univers (5)
PHY 1140 Physics of Sound (5)
PHY 1142 Earth System Science (5)

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Additional Requirements and Information

An additional major must be completed to earn a degree.
10-15 UFDN credits are required based on class entry to SPU.
Honors Research Symposium presentation required senior year.
Active student-leadership required (see Director).
*You must complete MAT 1560 as well as MAT 2561
*CRIM/MAT/PSY/SOC 2360 okay, if taken for another program

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Degree Requirements

Honors Liberal Arts (BA)

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Advanced Honors Electives

Mathematics (Any 5-credit Course that fulfills WKQR)*

Fundamental Sciences (Any 5-credit that fulfills WKFS)

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