Pathway Two: Honors Humanities Major

This pathway is for students accepted into the Honors College as incoming freshmen and who wish to complete two majors: honors humanities and another major within any college or school on campus.

• Requires 48 units.
• Allows for completion of two academic majors while still graduating in four years.
• Results in an honors humanities major that complements majors in all other fields of study.
• Provides a university-approved equivalency of the entire General Education program.
• Leads to “Honors Scholar” designation.
• Includes an Honors College scholarship for all four years, early class registration privileges, and the opportunity to live in the freshman Honors living-learning community.
• Grants participation in the college’s signature Oxbridge tutorial.

Pathway Three: Honors Humanities Major for Advanced Degrees

This pathway is for students accepted into the Honors College as incoming freshmen who wish to complete two majors (honors humanities and another major within any college or school on campus) and who intend to pursue an advanced degree in a prestigious graduate or professional school.

• Requires 59 units.
• Entails an Honors Thesis (Honors College or discipline-based).
• Expects mastery of a foreign language at the intermediate level.
• Allows for completion of two academic majors while still graduating in four years.
• Results in an honors humanities major that complements majors in all other fields of study.
• Provides a university-approved equivalency of the entire General Education program.
• Leads to “Honors Scholar” designation.
• Includes an Honors College scholarship for all four years, early class registration privileges, and the opportunity to live in the freshmen Honors living-learning community.
• Grants participation in the college’s signature Oxbridge tutorial.

Pathway Four: National Merit Scholars and Trustees’ Scholarship Recipients

This is a unique pathway by invitation only for National Merit Scholars and Trustees’ Scholarship recipients that allows them to design an individualized second major.

• Requires 120 units.
• Results in an honors humanities major that complements majors in all other fields of study.
• Permits a wholly individualized second major (with approval of the Honors College dean and the respective department chairs).
• Provides a university-approved equivalency of the entire General Education program.
• Entails an Honors Thesis (Honors College or discipline-based).
• Expects mastery of a foreign language at the intermediate level.
• Leads to “Distinguished Honors Scholar” designation.
• Includes an Honors College scholarship for all four years, early class registration privileges, and the opportunity to live in the freshmen Honors living-learning community.
• Grants participation in the college’s signature Oxbridge tutorial.

Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Units
HON 101	Leadership	6
HON 240	Core I	6
HON 260	Core II	6
HON 280	Core III	6
HON 300	Core IV	6
HON 340	Nature	6
HON 360	Democracy	3
HON 380	Wisdom	3
Select one of the following options:		6
HON 450	Oxbridge Tutorial
or
HON 440 & HON 460	Oxbridge Tutorial I and Oxbridge Tutorial II
Total Units		48

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program shall be able to:

1. Critically analyze primary classic texts and the ideas and arguments therein that contribute to or challenge the Christian faith.
2. Appraise important and influential Christian and non-Christian efforts to address central human questions.
3. Compare and contrast the contributions of various authors from different eras and cultures to our understanding of good leadership and moral/intellectual virtue.
4. Write lucid, concise, cogent, and in-depth analyses of texts, ideas, and arguments.
5. Present clear, well-organized, engaging, persuasive, and substantive oral contributions in group settings.
6. Contribute competently and constructively in small-group/team settings.