Templeton Honors College
Course Requirements
First Year
A. HON 101 Introduction to the Liberal Arts: The Life of the Mind as a Christian Calling
B. HON 102 Justice, the Common Good, and Contemporary Issues
Honors sections:
C. BIB 101 Nature and Meaning of Old Testament
D. BIB 102 Nature and Meaning of New Testament
E. INST 160 Heritage and Thought of Western Civilization - Ancient
F. INST 161 Heritage and Thought of Western Civilization – Modern
(Note: ENG102, College Writing, is waived for Honors College students.)
Second Year
A. HON 201 Cosmology
B. HON 202 Introduction to Christian Theology
C. THEO 210 Foundations of Christian Spirituality
D. COM 120 Public Speaking
Third & Fourth Years
A. Study away for one academic session
B. HON Seminars (Note: Choose two from the list of elective course options, both of which must be outside the student’s major.)
C. INST 480 Capstone
D. Senior Honors Thesis in major
HON Elective Course Offerings
ANTH 301 Christianity, Anthropology and Economic Systems
BIB 308 The Genres of the Old Testament
BIB 350 Wisdom Literature
BIO 309 Ecology
BUSA 311 Business, Ethics and Leadership
HEM 322 Environmental Chemistry
ENG 310 Critical Theory
HIS 320 The Age of the Reformation (1500-1648)
HIS 371 The Byzantine Empire
HON 330C Economic Reasoning Seminar
INST 480D Honors Reading Seminar
NST 480H Constructing a Christian Worldview
MATH 214 Calculus III
MATH 240 Discrete Mathematics
PHI 330 Special Topics: St. Augustine
PHI 330 Special Topics: Ethics Seminar
PHYS 111 The Solar System
POS 330C Political Ideologies
POS 342 Constitutional Law
PSY 322 Psychology of Gender
THEO 435 Modern Theology
THEO 315 Theological Foundations of World Religion
THR 308 Directing I
