Honors Program
The Honors Program admits incoming Walsh University freshmen through General Honors and current Walsh freshmen via Track II. (see here for a much fuller description of the Honors admissions processes)
General Honors
Students are required to maintain a minimum of a 3.3 overall grade-point average (GPA), a "B" or better in all Honors courses, and be enrolled in an appropriate Honors course each semester to remain in the Honors Program. Students entering the program must complete all degree requirements of their major(s) and minor(s), plus:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Freshman Year: Required Writing and Theology | ||
| Fall - | ||
| HON:Interdiscipl Research/Wrtg | ||
| Spring - | ||
| T1:FD:HON:The CathliIntel.Trad | ||
(Pre-requisite is THEO 101 The Judeo-Christian Tradition) | ||
| Freshman or Sophomore Year: ONE of the following courses in Mathematics | 3 | |
| Elementary Functions I | ||
| Elementary Functions II | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Stats for Behavioral Science | ||
| FD: Business Statistics | ||
| Freshman or Sophomore Year: TWO of the following Foundations courses | 6 | |
| FD: Honors Natural Science | ||
| FD: Honors Sociology/Psycholog | ||
| FD: Honors Art/Music | ||
| FD: Honors GFA/Economics | ||
| FD: Honors Philosophy | ||
| FD:T1:Hon: Literature/History | ||
| Sophomore or Junior Year: Required Honors Seminar courses | 6 | |
| Fall or Spring - | ||
| TH: Themes Seminar I | ||
| TH: Themes Seminar II | ||
| Junior Year: Required Research courses* | 3 | |
| Fall - | ||
| DM Junior Honors Project | ||
| Research Methods | ||
Senior Honors Thesis Proposal | ||
| Senior Year: Required Senior Honors Thesis* | 3 | |
| Fall or Spring - | ||
| Senior Honor Thesis | ||
| *NOTE: Honors students and their advisors should consult the Honors Program Thesis Manual - available on Honors Students' ECN site - wherein the Honors Program outlines the major steps that constitute the Junior Honors Project (JHP), Senior Honors Thesis Proposal, and Senior Honors Thesis. | ||
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS - 27 | ||
Track II
Track II Honors Program students must complete all degree requirements of their major(s) and minor(s) plus the following courses, most of which substitute for General Education requirements these same students otherwise would take:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ONE of the following (3 credit hours) | ||
| Elementary Functions I | ||
| Elementary Functions II | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Stats for Behavioral Science | ||
| FD: Business Statistics | ||
| ONE of the following (3 credit hours) | ||
| FD: Honors Natural Science | ||
| FD: Honors Sociology/Psycholog | ||
| FD: Honors Art/Music | ||
| FD: Honors GFA/Economics | ||
| FD: Honors Philosophy | ||
| FD:T1:Hon: Literature/History | ||
| REQUIRED courses (12 credit hours) | ||
| TH: Themes Seminar I | ||
| TH: Themes Seminar II | ||
| DM Junior Honors Project | ||
| Research Methods | ||
| Senior Honor Thesis | ||
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS - 18 | ||
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