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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2015–2017 Honors College of Rutgers University–New Brunswick Academic Requirements Honors College Coursework  

Honors College Coursework


The Honors College curriculum is integrated into a student's course of study so as not to conflict with or add additional credits to their school/major requirements. In order to graduate as an Honors College Scholar, all of the courses below must be completed with a grade of C or better, depending on a student's school of enrollment.

Honors College Forum
Each year, every first-year Honors College student will participate in the Honors College Forum, a truly interdisciplinary common mission course focused on key topics defining 21st- century life: health and wellness, creative expression, citizenship and leadership, cultures and diversity, sustainability and innovation. Students will act in the role of "innovation citizens," engaging in forums and workshops, while developing their own collaborative group projects. The forum will bring in distinguished guest speakers and also feature small breakout sections that emphasize interdisciplinary collaboration among the entire Honors College cohort, as students representing the breath of schools and disciplines work together on finding solutions to 21st- century challenges. All Honors College students are required to take the Honors College Forum in either their first or second semester.

Byrne First-Year Seminar
Byrne Seminars are small, one-credit courses offered only to first-year students at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. Taught by Rutgers' world-renowned faculty from departments and professional schools across the university, Byrne First-Year Seminars offer students the chance to experience the excitement of original research as faculty members share their curiosity, their intellectual passion, and how they develop new ideas and fields of knowledge. Byrne Seminars are graded Pass/No Credit, providing a low-pressure opportunity to get to know a professor and subject area in greater depth. Honors College students are able to take any traditional Byrne Seminar, and they will also have access to several dedicated Honors College Byrnes each semester. To fulfill the Byrne Seminar requirement, Honors College students must receive a Pass grade in at least one Byrne Seminar in their first year.

Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar
Interdisciplinary Honors Seminars are offered as joint initiatives between the Honors Program at the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) and the Honors College, and the Honors Program in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) and the Honors College. All Honors College students, regardless of their school of enrollment, must take at least one Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar within their first four semesters. Interdisciplinary Seminars are also open to students in their junior and senior years and, in some cases, additional Interdisciplinary Seminars can be taken to fulfill honors credit requirements. These seminars provide students an opportunity to work closely with a faculty member and think about complex problems and issues across disciplinary boundaries or outside of traditional disciplinary trajectories. Interdisciplinary Seminars have an enrollment of no more than 18 students. All seminars involve extensive written work, readings, discussion, and independent work, and they often include research as well as fieldwork opportunities. Most Interdisciplinary Seminars offered through SAS can be used to meet the SAS, SEBS, and Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-New Brunswick Core requirement for Writing and Communication (code WCd).

Capstone Project
All Honors College students must complete an independent capstone project during their senior year. Because of the wide range of majors in the Honors College--from the humanities, social sciences, and arts, to business, engineering, and the life and physical sciences--a variety of different kinds of projects can fulfill the capstone requirement. Working with their Honors College adviser and with support from a departmental faculty capstone supervisor, students will propose and gain approval for their capstone project by the end of their junior year.  Work on the project can begin, in some cases, during the junior year and will comprise at least 6 academic credits.
 
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