Honors Course Equivalency

  • Completion of the Honors humanities major satisfies all of the university’s general education requirements.

  • Students who complete only part of the Honors humanities major will be granted general education credit according to the chart below.

  • Although the completion of certain Honors courses results in the satisfying of some GE requirements, some courses in the second column below may still be required for a student’s other (non-Honors humanities) major.

Honors Course(s) Completed General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied
HON 101 Leadership (6 units) 14 units: CORE 100, CORE 101, SOT 150, WRIT 110, and Oral Communication
6 units from HON 240, HON 260, HON 280, or HON 300 Student’s choice of 6 units from SOT 200, Humanities: History, Humanities: Literature, or Humanities: Philosophy (also fulfills Visions of the Good Life requirement)
12 units from HON 240, HON 260, HON 280, or HON 300 Student’s choice of 12 units from SOT 200, Humanities: History, Humanities: Literature, Humanities: Philosophy, or Humanities: Fine Arts (also fulfills Visions of the Good Life requirement)
18 units from HON 240, HON 260, HON 280, or HON 300 Student’s choice of 18 units from SOT 200, Humanities: History, Humanities: Literature, Humanities: Philosophy, Humanities: Fine Arts, SOT 250, Intercultural Competence, or Seeking Shalom Seminar (also fulfills Visions of the Good Life requirement)
24 units from HON 240, HON 260, HON 280, and HON 300 24 units: SOT 200, Humanities: History, Humanities: Literature, Humanities: Philosophy, Humanities: Fine Arts, SOT 250, Intercultural Competence, and Seeking Shalom Seminar (also fulfills Visions of the Good Life requirement)
HON 340 Nature (6 units) 7 units: Natural Science, Social Science
HON 360 Democracy (3 units) 3 units: CORE 450 Calling and Character Seminar
HON 380 Wisdom (3 units) 3 units: Upper-Division Bible

  • The only two GE requirements not appearing in the right column above are Quantitative Reasoning (3 units) and Ancient or Modern Language (proficiency). These requirements must be satisfied by any student who does not complete the Honors humanities major.

  • Students who complete only the Honors humanities minor (30 units) will need to take the following 16+ units of general education requirements:

    Quantitative Reasoning (3 units)
    Ancient or Modern Language (proficiency)
    Natural Science (4 units)
    Social Science (3 units)
    Upper-Division Bible (3 units)
    Calling and Character Seminar (3 units)