Commonwealth Honors Curriculum

Honors Course Requirements

The Honors College has eight Honors Curriculum Requirements which are detailed in the following table. Honors requirements are designed to overlay with your chosen degree pathway. Students must earn a B or better in an Honors Course in order for it to count towards their H1-H8 requirements.

Requirement	Can be met by earning a B or better.
H1	First Year Seminar in Honors (FYSH) If necessary, this may be replaced by taking a dedicated honors Arts and Humanities (AH) / Social Sciences (SS) core curriculum course.
H2	An honors section of College Writing II If necessary, this may be replaced by taking a dedicated honors AH/SS core curriculum course.
H3	Any upper-level Honors Seminar
H4	Either: Any dedicated Honors course An Honors Experiential Learning Opportunity An Honors-Ready (HR) course
H5	Either: Any dedicated Honors course An Honors-By-Contract (HbC) with a non-honors 3000 / 4000 level course An Honors Experiential Learning Opportunity An Honors-Ready course
H6	Either: Any 2000/3000/4000-level dedicated Honors course An Honors-By-Contract with a non-honors 3000 / 4000 level course An Honors Experiential Learning Opportunity (Students may not use more than two Experiential Learning Opportunities to satisfy the H4 / H5 / H6) A graduate course An Honors-Ready course
H7	Either: A course that supports the first half of a two-semester Honors Project or Thesis A 3000 / 4000 level dedicated honors course A graduate course A 3000 / 4000 level Honors-Ready course
H8	Either: A course that supports the second half of a two-semester Honors Project or Thesis A course that supports a one-semester Honors Project

Note: Any deviation from the H1-H8 requires approval of the Honors College Dean. Contact the Honors Office by email: Honors@uml.edu for more information.

Honors Course Requirements

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