Admission Procedures
Qualified students are encouraged to submit an application for admission into SJR State's Honors Program to the Arts and Sciences Office. The Arts and Sciences Office will verify program eligibility and admit students into the Honors Program. Upon admittance, students will receive information on how to register for the course IDS 1110 Honors Explorations, which is required as an orientation course for all students entering the Honors Program. Not all Honors courses will be offered each semester.
The course schedule will reflect Honors course availability.
Continuous Enrollment in Honors Program
Students will need to maintain a 3.5 or above GPA to remain in the Honors Program. Students will need to reapply for the Honors Program if their GPA drops below 3.5 or if they have a break in enrollment of two years or more.
Honors Program Completion
To complete the honors program and receive graduation recognition, the student must complete the 3 credit course IDS 1110 Honors Explorations in addition to 9 other credit hours of honors coursework and perform 40 hours of community service which should involve general community service and service to the College community.
The Arts and Sciences Office will approve and maintain documentation of the community service. Honors students will be responsible for contacting the Arts and Sciences Office by the deadline to apply for graduation to ensure they receive Honors recognition at graduation.
Honors Courses
Honors courses will be developed and taught by full-time professors of the College based on their Interest and student demand. The following are approved as honors courses:
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| IDS 1110 | Honors Explorations- required of all Honors students |
| AMH 2010 | Honors United States History to 1877 |
| AMH 2020 | Honors United States History since 1877 |
| AML 2010 | Honors American Literature I |
| AML 2020 | Honors American Literature II |
| AML 2601 | Honors African-American Literature I |
| ARH 2050 | Honors Art History I |
| ARH 2051 | Honors Art History II |
| BSC 2010 | Honors General Biology I |
| BSC 2010L | Honors Laboratory for General Biology I |
| BSC 2011 | Honors General Biology II |
| BSC 2011L | Honors Laboratory for General Biology II |
| BSC 2085 | Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology I |
| BSC 2085L | Honors Laboratory for Human Anatomy and Physiology I |
| BSC 2086 | Honors Human Anatomy and Physiology II |
| BSC 2086L | Honors Laboratory for Human Anatomy and Physiology II |
| CHM 1045 | Honors General Chemistry I |
| CHM 1045L | Honors Laboratory for General Chemistry I |
| CHM 1046 | Honors General Chemistry II |
| CHM 1046L | Honors Laboratory for General Chemistry II |
| DEP 2004 | Honors Human Growth and Development |
| ECO 2013 | Honors Macroeconomics |
| ECO 2023 | Honors Microeconomics |
| ENC 1101 | Honors Composition I |
| ENC 1102 | Honors Composition II |
| ENL 2012 | Honors English Literature I |
| ENL 2022 | Honors English Literature II |
| ENL 2330 | Honors Introduction to Shakespeare |
| HUM 2020 | Honors Introduction to Humanities |
| HUM 2220 | Honors Greek and Roman Humanities |
| HUM 2223 | Honors Late Roman and Medieval Humanities Humanities |
| HUM 2232 | Honors Renaissance and Baroque Humanities |
| HUM 2234 | Honors Enlightenment and Romanticism Humanities |
| HUM 2250 | Honors 20th Century Humanities |
| HUM 2310 | Honors Mythology in Art, Literature, and Music |
| LIT 2000 | Honors Introduction to Literature |
| LIT 2182 | Honors Modern Irish Literature |
| LIT 2380 | Honors Literature by Women |
| MAC 1147 | Honors Precalculus |
| MAC 2311 | Honors Analytic Geometry and Calculus I |
| MAC 2312 | Honors Analytic Geometry and Calculus II |
| MAC 2313 | Honors Analytic Geometry and Calculus III |
| MCB 2010 | Honors Microbiology |
| MCB 2010L | Honors Laboratory for Microbiology |
| MUH 2112 | Honors Music History |
| PHY 1053 | Honors General Physics I |
| PHY 1053L | Honors Laboratory for General Physics I |
| PHY 1054 | Honors General Physics II |
| PHY 1054L | Honors Laboratory for General Physics II |
| PHY 2048 | Honors Physics I with Calculus |
| PHY 2048L | Honors Laboratory for Physics I with Calculus |
| PHY 2049 | Honors Physics II with Calculus |
| PHY 2049L | Honors Laboratory for Physics II with Calculus |
| POS 1041 | Honors United State Federal Government |
| PSY 2012 | Honors General Psychology |
| STA 2023 | Honors Elementary Statistics |
| SYG 1000 | Honors Introduction to Sociology |
| WOH 1012 | Honors World Civilization to 1600 |
| WOH 1022 | Honors World Civilization since 1600 |