Tier One (University Honors Minor):

1. Successful completion of the first-year honors seminar. This is a two-semester sequence of classes designed to provide students with a common intellectual experience and the guidance they will need in preparing research projects for the Mid-East Honors Conference. It is possible for students to enter Tier One of the HP in the second semester, provided they take an additional Honors seminar to achieve sufficient credit hours within the HP.

2. Successful completion of at least two more multidisciplinary Honors courses.

3. Engaged participation in one group project during their second year. Examples of such projects, which will be negotiable, include:

• Service learning
• Applied learning
• Travel
• Coordinating a speaker series through the HP, in service to the IU Southeast community
• Applying their knowledge for a social benefit

4. A cumulative grade point average of at least 3.4.


Tier Two (University Honors Scholar):

1. Current or transfer students will gain entry into the HP by recommendation of the faculty and/or by self-nomination.

2. Successful completion of honors course work (12-15 cr. hrs) as well as course work in one of three tracks:

• Honors Research Minor
• Discipline-Based Honors
• An Individualized Honors curriculum, defined in concert with the HP director and appropriate faculty

3. Engaged participation in one group project during the spring of their junior year. Examples of such projects, which will be negotiable, include:

• Service learning
• Applied learning
• Travel
• Coordinating a speaker series through the HP, in service to the IU Southeast community
• Applying their knowledge for a social benefit

Tier Three (University Honors Fellow):

Those students who successfully complete the requirements for Tier I and Tier II of the Honors Program (usually four-year students who begin during their first year) have the unique distinction of graduating as University Honors Fellows.

Honors Courses

Tier I Courses

HON-H 103 Honors Seminar:  Common Intellectual Experience I (3 cr.) - Admission to the Honors Program.  A skills course emphasizing writing, reading, speaking, thinking skills, collaborative learning, diversity, research, and the use of technology in an academic setting.  Readings and discussion of texts-in-common selected by Honors faculty and studied in preparation for possible project presentation at the Mid-East Honors Conference in the spring.  Ordinarily taken during the first semester of study at IU Southeast.  Part one of the required two-semester writing sequence for Tier One students.  Generally fulfills one of two General Education requirements (Written Communications or Diversity).

HON-H 104 Honors Seminar:  Common Intellectual Experience II (3 cr.) - Admission to the Honors Program.  Continuation of H103.  Builds on skills attained in the first semester with continued reading and discussion of texts-in-common.  Students will begin to envision, research, and refine projects for possible presentation at the Mid-East Honors Conference in the spring.  Ordinarily taken during the second semester of study at IU Southeast.  Part two of the required two-semester seminar sequence for Tier One students.  Generally fulfills one General Education requirement (Oral Communication).

Tier I & II Courses

HON-H 306 Multidisciplinary Seminar in the Humanities and Social Sciences (3-6 cr.) - Admission to the Honors Program or permission of the Honors Program Director.  Topic varies with the instructor and semester.  Possible topics include Art as Literature; Death and Dying; Utopias through History.  May be repeated for up to 18 credit hours.  Please Note: Provided they meet the minimum number of courses for their HP course of study, students may take any combination of 300-level Honors Program courses they like; there is no requirement that they take both H306 and H307; students should enroll in courses that fit their intellectual interests and scheduling needs.

HON-H 307 Multidisciplinary Seminar (3-6 cr.) - Admission to the Honors Program or permission of the Honors Program Director.  Topic varies with the instructor and semester.  Topics will include those outside the humanities and social sciences.  One recent topic has been Insects and Human Society.  May be repeated for up to 18 credit hours.  Please Note: Provided they meet the minimum number of courses for their HP course of study, students may take any combination of 300-level Honors Program courses they like; there is no requirement that they take both H306 and H307; students should enroll in courses that fit their intellectual interests and scheduling needs.

HON-H 400 Honors Research Minor Seminar (3 cr.) - Required seminar for Tier Two students undertaking the research minor.  Honors seminars will encompass discussion of each student's research along with larger issues such as research strategies, publication, and ethics.  May be repeated for up to 4 credit hours.

HON-H 495 Honors Project (1 cr.) - Required seminar for Honors Program students undertaking culminating projects within the Honors Program, but not the research minor.  HON-H 495 is generally an appropriate choice for students undertaking more "hands-on" projects, such as the development of specialized web-sites, events, and other projects that are expected to underscore the student's ability to envision and complete projects outside the realm of traditional research papers.  May be repeated for up to 4 credit hours.