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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