This course serves to introduce students to the community of scholars and the Honors perspective. To these ends, the course takes an interdisciplinary approach to a selected topic, emphasizing scholarship as a foundation for leadership and service.
This course serves to develop students’ leadership and mentorship skills through effective materials and discussion, as well as through practical experience as mentors in the Honors 1000 class.
Students can earn 3-4 hours of credit for completion of one section of the course (depending on the section’s topic, it could include a lab). The course is repeatable for up to 8 hours of credit.
Note: This course is not offered every semester. Please consult the UNG course schedule for information about course availability.
This course connects students to a project supporting a community business or organization. As part of a team, students are matched with a project that links as closely as possible with their major/minor area of study as well as civic and career goals. In completing the course, students develop skills and experience in problem-solving, teamwork, research, communication, and service learning.
Each year, the Honors Program offers sections of core courses exclusively for Honors students.
The purpose of these sections is to cultivate at least a few experiences for Honors Program students of learning in a differentiated environment, geared specifically for high performing students.
These classes typically enroll only 12-18 students so that intensive discussion is possible, along with a growing professional relationship between student and instructor.
These sections will be indicated with either an “H” in the course number (e.g., ENGL 1102H Honors English Composition II) or with the word “Honors” in the course title, (e.g., ENGL 2122 Honors British Literature II).
Alternatively, some Honors offerings are scheduled in Banner with their own section number, even though they are combined with (or embedded in) a regular section of the course.
An embedded Honors section is often set at "0" seats so that the Honors Director can control the enrollment by manually enrolling Honors Students in the section.
Embedded sections are held in the same place and time as the regular section with which they are combined.
This enables the instructor to teach the two sections together, while differentiating for the Honors Program students "on the side."
In addition to earning Honors credit through completion of a stand-alone or embedded Honors section, an Honors Program student may earn Honors credit by collaborating with a professor to develop an Honors Contract course. An Honors Contract is an “upgrade” of a regular section of an upper-level course for Honors credit.