Students in the Templeton Honors College move through their honors courses as a cohort, taking their classes with the same group of 35 other students with whom they entered the program across a four-year experience. This cohort model creates a dynamic and personal learning community, in which students are discussing significant question with both faculty and peers whom they come to know well.
Because of the nature of the cohort model as well as the curriculum, students are required to take courses in a particular sequence and in particular years. There is some flexibility based on the major a student elects, but a typical Templeton student will move through the curriculum in the following way.
Year 1
First Semester Honors requirements
HON 101 The Good Life
HON 140 Honors Old Testament
HON 160 Western Civilization 1: Greece and Rome
Second Semester Honors requirements
HON 102 Justice and the Common Good (may be taken in the 3rd semester)
HON 141 Honors New Testament
HON 161 Western Civilization 2: Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Other General Education requirements recommended in the first year
Foreign Language (if beginning at the 102 level or higher with a language previously studied)
Knowledgeable about Life Fitness course (may be taken in Year 2 if needed)
Year 2
Honors requirements (to be completed fall or spring)
HON 210 The Active Life: Rhetoric and Discourse
HON 240 Introduction to Christian Theology
HON 260 Western Civilization 3: Modern Europe (fall)
HON 261 Western Civilization 4: The American Mind (spring)
Two of the following (one may be taken in Year 3 if needed):
HON 201 Cosmology
HON 203 Theories of the Origin of Life
HON 204 Mathematics in the Western Tradition
Other General Education requirements recommended in the second year
Quantitative Reasoning course (if HON 204 not taken)
Year 3
Honors requirements (to be completed fall or spring)
HON 310 Modernity and the Good Society
Study abroad for one semester (may be completed during a summer semester if needed)
Other General Education requirements completed by the end of the third year
How will all of the honors courses fit into my overall schedule?
Students enrolled in the Templeton Honors College complete their general education requirements through their Templeton coursework, while earning bachelor’s degrees by completing one or more majors within the College of Arts and Sciences. Honors courses make up about a third of a student’s total credits. Academic planning guides showing how the honors curriculum fits with each major are available in the Information Library section of the website.
Knowledgeable about Global Diversity course
Laboratory Science course
Foreign Language (if beginning at 101 level)
Year 4
Honors requirements (to be completed fall or spring)
HON 480 Honors Capstone
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