Honors Program

"Liberal arts education encourages you to appreciate and expand your idea of what it means to be human in different ways. Those tools are indispensable in this day and age."
France Córdova
President, Purdue University

Course Information

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What courses are offered through the Honors Program?

Each semester the Honors Program offers fifty to eighty courses in all Departments. Lists of these offerings may be obtained in the Honors Office, through your Counselor or on the web.

Most of these courses are HONORS OPTION courses. In these courses, students enrolled for Honors meet with the regular section of the class. However, the Professor designs a special component in the class for Honors students. This may range from special meetings with the professor to alternative assignments and student designed components.

We also offer HONORS ONLY courses. These are courses, sometimes on special topics, offered only by the Honors Program. They are taught by faculty and open only to Honors students. Enrollment in HONORS ONLY courses is also strictly limited. They are intended to encourage close student-faculty interaction and exciting engagement with equally talented and intellectually-oriented peers.

Once students have taken two Honors courses, they are also offered the opportunity to convert almost any course into an Honors course utilizing the Honors Contract Form (link on the left).

Students interested in Honors Contract Courses should consult with the Honors Office, where course descriptions are also available for past Honors offerings.


Suggested Course Arrangement by Year

    First Year:
    Two or three introductory level Honors Courses from the Core.

Second Year:
Two Honors Courses, including one from Humanities and one from the Social Sciences.

    Third Year:
    Two or three Honors Courses, at least one of which is in the 400 or above range.

    Fourth Year:
    Additional Honors Courses to complete the requirements.



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