The Honors Program Curriculum

If you are part of the OBU Honors program, here’s what you’ll be asked to do, in addition to the requirements for the degree in your chosen field:

1.   Critical Skills in the Liberal Arts (HON 1013), a course designed to orient you to the challenges of the Honors Program and to teach you vital skills of research and study. Fall, freshman year.

2.   English Composition & Classical Literature (HON 1163), an honors version of the freshman English course that introduces you to the Western Civ. course sequence. Spring, freshman year.

3.   Honors Colloquia, seminar/activity courses intended to enhance and deepen your academic experience. You’ll do four of these 0-1 credit hour courses after the freshman year.

4.   Biblical Ethics (HON 3073), taken in place of either Old Testament or New Testament, will encourage serious discussion of issues of contemporary and eternal concern. Spring, after the freshman year.

5.   Contracted Studies (HON 3779), an arranged special project connected to a topic in your major field and directed by a faculty member in that department. Probably in the junior or senior year.

6.   Completion of at least two of three capstone requirements:

·        Honors Service Practicum – volunteer work with an approved agency or provider of services

·        Study/Travel Abroad – an immersion experience in a non-U.S. cultural setting.

·        Honors Thesis – research, writing, presentation of a thesis document reflecting a personal study program, pursued under the direction of a faculty member and perhaps an outside expert in the field.