Some courses are automatically recognized as an Honors Experience. These include independent research or independent study work for which students receive academic credit. Also included are courses students complete to earn Distinction in a major.  Examples include, but are not limited to, senior thesis, independent study courses numbered 98, 99 AA-ZZ, 198, 199 AA-ZZ, and many others listed below.

 

Course "Honors" will not be designated on your transcripts for these automatic honors courses, but they will count as an Honors Experience if the grade is satisfactory.

Enrollment Information: 

  1. Contact the department advisor of the course for specific enrollment details.

  2. Complete the course for a letter grade. A letter grade is required unless Pass/No Pass is the only available grading option for the course.

  3. Earn a grade of B or better. If the course was taken for a Pass/No Pass grading option, a grade of P is required to earn credit. At the beginning of the quarter, consult the instructor regarding the grading option.

Courses from the College of Letters & Science

The following courses will provide one Honors Experience per course:

  • All courses in all departments numbered: 98/99/198/199 (AA-ZZ)

  • Any graduate course numbered: 200 - 299 (AA-ZZ)

And the following:

 

Additional Courses by Department:

  • Anthropology:  195A-B-C
  • Art: 133M, 196
  • Asian American Studies:  195H
  • Black Studies:  195A-B-C
  • Chemistry:  192
  • Chicana and Chicano Studies:  197HA-HB-HC
  • Chinese:  197
  • Classics:  195A-B
  • Communication:  180, 181A-B-C
  • Comparative Literature: 193, 196H, 197
  • Dance:  193H, 193HA-HB-HC
  • Earth Science:  182A/B, 195H, 196HA-HB-HC
  • Economics:  96, 194AAZZ, 196A-B
  • English:  196
  • Environmental Studies:  195A-B-C, 197
  • Feminist Studies:  195HA-HB-HC
  • Film and Media Studies:  195I, 195PI, 196
  • French:  195H
  • German:  197
  • History:  100H, 194AH-BH, 195IA-IB and any upper-division History course that ends with an “R”
  • Interdisciplinary: Honors Seminars- INT 84xyz and 184PD; Engaging Humanities- INT 36xyz, 136xyz and 137xyz; Health Honors -75H; Discovery Seminars - 86xyz, 87xyz, 88xyz, 89xyz, 94xyz, 97xyz, 177xyz, 186xyz, 187xyz, 189xyz; HFA Summer Sessions- INT 133xyz
  • Italian:  195H
  • Japanese:  197
  • Latin American & Iberian Studies:  195A-B, 195G
  • Law and Society:  196A-B-C
  • Linguistics:  195A-B-C
  • Mathematics:  197A-B
  • Medieval Studies:  194AH-BH
  • Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology: 136H
  • Music:  96A-B-C, 192, 192A-C, 195, 195B, 196, 197, 197B
  • Philosophy:  197A-B
  • Physics: 142L, 143L, 144L, 145L
  • Political Science:  195, 196, 197A-B-C
  • Portuguese:  195
  • Psychology:  196, 197A-B-C
  • Religious Studies:  195
  • Sociology:  91, 152B-C, 191CA, 195H, 196H-HR-HT, 197H
  • Slavic: 197
  • Spanish:  195
  • Statistics: 196, 197 A-B-C
  • Theater: 193H, 193HA-HB-HC
  • Writing: 131A/B/C
     

Courses from Other Colleges

One course = One Honors Experience

College of Creative Studies (CCS) courses 

  • ALL CCS courses will count as L&S Honors Experiences

College of Engineering (CoE) courses

  • All departments within CoE:  98xyz, 99xyz, 198xyz, 199xyz, 199RA
  • Computer Science: CMPSC 190DD, 190DE, 190DF
  • Any graduate course numbered 200xyz-299xyz
     

Gevirtz Graduate School of Education (GGSE) courses

  • All ED and CNCSP department courses numbered 98xyz, 99xyz, 198xyz, 199xyz, 199RA
  • Any ED and CNCSP graduate course numbered 200xyz-299xyz

Bren School of Environmental Science & Management courses:

  • All ESM department courses numbered 98xyz, 99xyz, 198xyz, 199xyz, 199RA
  • Any ESM graduate course numbered 200xyz-299xyz