UCA Honors College - Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements

The Interdisciplinary Studies Minor is satisfied by the completion of a two-tiered system of courses. The first tier of Honors courses makes up the Honors Program. These four courses are considered the core classes and the credit from these classes is applied to the students' general education requirements.

The typical sequence of class in the first tier is

• Honors Core I
• Honors Core II
• Honors Core III
• Honors Core IV

During a student's sophomore year, the student must complete a sophomore lecture on a subject of their choice and meet certain GPA requirements in order to continue into the Honors college, the second tier of Honors course work. The 15 credit hours in the second tier satisfy the requirements for an Interdisciplinary Studies Minor. In satisfying the minor requirements, students develop their own curriculum by selecting from a variety of course offerings.

For completion of the minor the minimum the student must complete:

• 2 Junior Seminars
• 1 Senior Seminar
• 1 Oxford Tutorial
• 1 Honors Thesis

Upper level seminar courses are offered in subjects such as religion, gender studies, constitutional law, ecology, storytelling, the history of science and technology, and social movements.