Seton Hall University Honors Program

Core Curriculum and General Education Requirement equivalencies by college or school

for students who entered the University in Fall 2008 and later

 

Students who enter Seton Hall University in the Fall semester of 2008 and later are held to the new University Core Curriculum and to the revised college and school general education requirements.  Honors Program courses fulfill these requirements in the following ways.

First of all, the University Core Curriculum requires all students to take CORE 1001 University Life in their first semester.  Honors Program students have their own sections of University Life, taught in Freshman Studies.

All students are required to take CORE 1101 Journey of Transformation and CORE 2101 Christianity and Culture in Dialogue.  The Honors Program teaches its sections of these courses in conjunction with its first and third colloquia. 

The Core Curriculum requires all students to take ENGL 1201 and 1202, College English I and II.  The first two Honors colloquia (HONS 1001 and HONS 1102) substitute for these courses. 

The Core Curriculum also requires all students to take a "third Signature" course, normally in the junior year.  Some, but not all, Honors Seminars will also be designated "Signature Three" courses.  Honors students who do not take these Honors Seminars must fulfill the Core Curriculum "Signature Three" course requirement, whether with Honors Seminars or otherwise.

The Honors Program also requires an Honors Thesis.  Departmentally required theses may be accepted as fulfilling this Honors requirement, provided that the departmental thesis meets agreed standards for Honors theses.  These substitutions must be made on an individual basis, in consultation with the Director of the Honors Program. 

The course equivalences below are the normal way in which the Honors Program courses fulfill the general education requirements of the several schools.  Depending on a student's academic record, other substitutions may be made with the written agreement of the Director of the Honors Program and of the student's dean.

 

For students in the College of Arts and Sciences, the Honors Program fulfills the College general education requirements in the following way:

Honors Program Credits       College Core Credits
First Year:     1
CORE1001 University Life   1 CORE1001 University Life 3
CORE1101 Honors Section 3 CORE1101 3
HONS1001 3 ENGL1201 3
HONS1102     6 ENGL1202 3
    PH/RS requirement 3
       
Second Year:      
CORE2101 Honors Section 3 CORE 2101 3
HONS2003 3 History/Lit/Aesthetics 3
HONS2104    6 History/Lit/Aesthetics 3
    PH/RS requirement 3
       
Third Year:      
Two Honors seminars      6 Depending on seminar topic, may fulfill other College or University requirements 6
       
Fourth Year:      
HONS5001 Senior Thesis 3 May substitute for major thesis, or be replaced by major thesis 3
       

                  

 

For students in the W. Paul Stillman School of Business, the Honors Program fulfills the School requirements in the following way:

Honors Course Credits Stillman School of Business General Education Requirement Credits
First Year:      
CORE 1001 Honors section 1 CORE 1001 1
CORE 1101 Honors section 3 CORE 1101 3
HONS 1001 Classical Civilizations 3 ENGL 1201 3
HONS 1102 Medieval Cultures 6 ENGL 1202 3
    Religious Studies elective 3
Second Year:      
CORE 2101  (Honors Section) 3 CORE 2101 3
HONS 2003 Early Modern Cultures 3 Communication elective  (NOTE: Stillman School students must still take COST 1600 Oral Communication. 3
HONS 2105 Contemporary Civilization 6 World Culture 3
    Liberal Arts elective 3
Third Year:      
Honors Seminars 6 Liberal Arts electives 6
Fourth Year:      
Honors Thesis 3 Liberal Arts elective 3

 

 

For students in the College of Education and Human Services, the Honors Program fulfills the College requirements in the following way:

Honors Program Credits       College Core Credits
First Year:     1
CORE1001 University Life   1 CORE1001 University Life 3
CORE1101 Honors Section 3 CORE1101 3
HONS1001 3 ENGL1201 3
HONS1102     6 ENGL1202 3
    History requirement 3
       
Second Year:      
CORE2101 Honors Section 3 CORE 2101 3
HONS2003 3 History requirement 3
HONS2104    6 History requirement 6
       
Third Year:      
Two Honors seminars      6 Depending on seminar topic, may fulfill other College or University requirements 6
       
Fourth Year:      
HONS5001 Senior Thesis 3 May substitute for major thesis, or be replaced by major thesis 3
       

 

 

For students in the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, the Honors Program fulfills the School requirements in the folllowing way:

Honors Program Credits        School Core Credits
First Year:     1
CORE1001 University Life   1 CORE1001 University Life 3
CORE1101 Honors Section 3 CORE1101 3
HONS1001 3 ENGL1201 3
HONS1102     6 ENGL1202 3
    RELS1402 3
       
Second Year:      
CORE2101 Honors Section 3 CORE 2101 3
HONS2003 3 DIPL1101 3
HONS2104    6 DIPL2103 3
    DIPL elective 3
       
Third Year:      
Two Honors seminars      6 Upper-level Diplomacy courses may be taken in lieu of Honors seminars, with permission of the Director of the Program and the Dean of the School 6
       
Fourth Year:      
HONS5001 Senior Thesis 3 DIPL4101 3