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Honors Curriculum
The curriculum of the UT Tyler University Honors Program is carefully shaped to ensure that classes never exceed 25 students. Instructors are regular faculty, not adjuncts, selected on the basis of their demonstrated teaching excellence. All faculty are active scholars publishing in their disciplines.
Honors is not a major. All students will complete the requirements of a departmental major--whether it's biology, English, political science, civil engineering, or nursing.
Honors Core
Honors students are released from meeting many of the specific courses required in the University's Core Curriculum. Instead, Honors students will take Honors seminars (HNRS) to replace 12 of the following 18 hours of Core Curriculum requirements: English Composition (6 hours), World Literature (3 hours), Humanities (3 hours), Fine and Performing Arts (3 hours), and Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 hours). (If you already have credit for some of these courses, the Honors advisor will work with you to find alternative course work.) Qualifying students will take HNRS 2413/HNRS 2425 (Interdisciplinary Calculus & Physics I) and HNRS 2414/2426 (Interdisciplinary Calculus & Physics II) in their freshman year.
Students will still be required to meet the remaining 12 hours of the Core Curriculum through the regular courses in American History, and Amerian and Texas Government.
Honors Colloquium
In addition, each semester students will be required to participate in a non-credit Honors Colloquium, that meets approximately four times each semester. The Colloquium is where students come together to share, discuss, and debate various topics from courses as well as hear and interact with distinguished Colloquium speakers. The Colloquium will invite distinguished speakers including scholars, business leaders, lawmakers, religious leaders, and other to address honors students. Past Colloquium speakers include author Steve Lopez (The Soloist) and former Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff.
Contract Courses
Within your major, you will choose two courses--typically junior and/or senior level--in which you will complete additional work under "contract" with a faculty member. Contracts may include an additional project, additional readings, additional meetings with a faculty member, additional research time in the faculty member's lab, etc. You will sign a contract at the beginning of the course with the faculty member specifying what you are "contracting" to do in addition to the normal requirements of the course. Your honors advisor will work with you and your major advisor to select the right courses and approve the contract.
Honors Thesis
The last year of your degree, you will write an Honors Thesis in the fall and spring semester. The Thesis is the culmination of writing and research that you have done in various courses. Typically, the Honors Thesis is written under the mentorship of a faculty member in your major.
Typical 2-Year Degree Plan
Fall Semester--First Year
HNRS 1351 (3 hrs)
Honors Colloquium
HNRS 2413 (4 hrs)
HNRS 2425 (4 hrs)
HIST 1301-Amer. Hist. I (3 hrs)
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Spring Semester--First Year
HNRS 1352 (3 hrs)
Honors Colloquium
HNRS 2414 (4 hrs)
HNRS 2426 (4 hrs)
HIST 1302--Amer. Hist. II (3 hrs)
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Fall Semester--Second Year
HNRS 2351 (3 hrs)
Honors Colloquium
POLS 2305--Amer. Gov't (3 hrs)
Major/minor/electives (9 hrs)
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Spring Semester--Second Year
HNRS 2352 (3 hrs)
Honors Colloquium
POLS 2306--Texas Gov't. (3 hrs)
Major/minor/electives 9 hrs) |
page last updated 12/8/2009
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