2017-18 University Bulletin 
    
    Mar 18, 2024  
2017-18 University Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Honors College


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View table below  for a detailed plan of study

Each student in the Honors College majors, as all Adelphi undergraduates do, in a subject area of a department or School of the University. The General Education requirements are satisfied through the requirements of the Honors curriculum. The courses required for the Honors College are outlined in the table below. In addition to completing these courses, in order to graduate from the Honors College, students must receive a grade of B- or better on the Senior Thesis and achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.3.

Requirements for a Degree in Honors College


Required GPA: 3.3
Credits Required for Major: 43-61
Credits Required to Graduate: 120

Semester Sequence


Required GPA: 3.3
Credits Required for Major: 43-61
Credits Required to Graduate: 120

 
Requirements
Course Credits Freshmen Sophomore Junior Senior
    Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring
HON 101 Modern Condition I 4              
ENG 107 The Art and Craft of Writing* 3  or            
HIS 101 Western Civilization I*
or
HIS 105 World Civilization I*
or
ARH 196 Art and the World I*
3  

 

or
         
HON 102 Modern Condition II 4              
HIS 102 Western Civilization II*
or
HIS 106 World Civilization II*
or
ARH 197 Art and the World II*


3
 

 

or
       
HON 210 The Human Condition I 3      or        
HON 211 The Human Condition II 3       or        
HON 320 Social Science Seminar 6         or  or or
HON 486 Liberal Arts Seminar 3         or   or or
HON 490 Honors Thesis 0-3              ✓  ✓
Art History or Music History 3  ✓    or  or   or  or    or  or    or
Reading Competency in a Foreign Language 0-12  ✓    or  or    or or    or  or    or
Electives in a Laboratory Science 8  ✓    or  or    or  or   or  or    or

*Students must take the Honors Section, indicated by a section number in the 90s such as -092.

The number of foreign language courses necessary to reach reading competency depends on the level of the student’s attainment in the language in high school. Many Honors students begin in the intermediate level, unless they choose to start a new language.

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