Program Requirements

In the “Academic at Albion” section of this catalog, the College’s core curriculum is described. Parts II and III of this curriculum requires that all students take a course that will introduce them to each of the following five Modes of Inquiry and four Categories:

Modes of Inquiry:

Textual Analysis
Artistic Creation and Analysis
Scientific Analysis
Modeling and Analysis
Historical and Cultural Analysis

Categories:

Environmental Studies
Ethnicity Studies
Gender Studies
Global Studies

Since each Honors course fulfills a Modes of Inquiry or Category requirement of the College’s core curriculum, Honors students can satisfy as many as four of this nine-course requirement with Honors classes. Additionally, Honors students can satisfy part of the College’s distribution requirement (one fine arts course, two humanities courses, two science courses and two social science courses) by taking Honors seminars.

Students take four Honors courses, one from each of the four divisions of the College.

All courses to meet the Honors core must be taken for a numerical grade.

To guide Honors students in their selection of Great Issues courses, the following numbering system is used:

HSP 12xH: Great Issues in Science (1 Unit)
HSP 13xH: Great Issues in Humanities (1 Unit)
HSP 15xH: Great Issues in Social Science (1 Unit)
HSP 17xH: Great Issues in Fine Arts (1 Unit)
HSP 1x1H: Textual Analysis
HSP 1x2H: Artistic Creation and Analysis
HSP 1x3H: Scientific Analysis
HSP 1x4H: Modeling and Analysis
HSP 1x5H: Historical and Cultural Analysis
HSP 1x6H: Environmental Category
HSP 1x7H: Ethnicity Category
HSP 1x8H: Gender Category
HSP 1x9H: Global Category

Note

For example, HSP 154H would be a Great Issues in Social Science seminar that satisfies the Modeling and Analysis Mode; HSP 126H would be a Great Issues in Science seminar that satisfies the Environmental Studies Category.