The Honors Program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville provides academically talented undergraduate students with opportunities to develop their special talents and skills within an expanded and enriched version of the curriculum. Honors coursework parallels regular offerings. The courses include special interdisciplinary seminars, and opportunities for independent study and research, including the opportunity to work closely with faculty on special student projects. Participating students also benefit from the interaction the Honors Program affords with other talented and highly motivated students. 

Students who wish to participate fully in the program must earn a minimum of 28 hours in honors coursework by graduation. These hours easily serve in the students' curricula as courses to satisfy the GER, major and minor requirements, and electives, so they do not constitute additional hours overall. Individual courses of study will vary depending on the student's discipline. However, to fully complete the Honors Program of Study, all students should plan to complete four hours of Honors Forum (H100), two courses (6 hours) in Honors Interdisciplinary Seminars (H399), an Honors Senior Project (4 hours), and, depending on point of entry into the program, Honors English Seminar (EH 105) (3 hours). Students may complete additional hours to total the minimum of 28 hours by taking other designated honors courses in such disciplines as English, philosophy, music, art, economics, etc., and contract honors courses in their major or minor. With permission from the instructor, a student may elect to enter into a contract for honors credit for any regular academic course. The honors contract specifies the information and instruction which the instructor and student deem appropriate to earn honors credit. 

The Honors Program serves academically talented students in all the colleges. Entering freshmen are invited to participate based on an evaluation of their ACT or SAT scores and high school grades. Students are encouraged to join the Honors Program at the beginning of their freshman year to gain full advantage of the program's benefits and enhanced curriculum. Interested students with grade point averages of 3.3 or higher who have completed less than 29 hours of coursework can still fully complete the Honors Program. These, and other qualified undergraduate students with advanced academic classification, are encouraged to contact the director to determine how they may best participate in the program.

To completely review the honors course offerings, students should check the catalog course listings for each department. Courses specifically developed for the Honors Program are listed below. University students who meet appropriate admissions standards for the Honors Program may enroll in honors courses: 

H 100 Honors Forum - Regularly scheduled enrichment experiences for Honors Program students using lectures, concerts, exhibits, and other events. Provides exposure to a broad range of academic disciplines. Prerequisite: admission to Honors Program. 1hr.

EH 105(H)Honors English Seminar (See offerings of the Department of English) - Required for all students who enter the Honors Program before completing freshman English. 3 hrs.EH

EH 250(H)Honors World Literature I - Focuses on major texts from the ancient world to 1700. Honors English 250 and 251 meet sophomore level literature requirements for the BS and BA degrees and constitute a sequence for engineering students. 3 hrs.

EH 251(H)Honors World Literature II - Focuses on major texts from 1700 to the present. 3 hrs.

H 399 Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar - Interdisciplinary study of a selected topic. The seminar will facilitate serious appraisal of an issue that crosses disciplinary boundaries and that can be explored using different scholarly methodologies.

Contact John Mebane with any questions.

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