Oswego Honors Program

Robert Moore, Director
Norman L. Weiner, Associate Director
224 Campus Center
312-2190
www.oswego.edu/honors

The SUNY Oswego Honors Program consists of a core of courses designed to stimulate students’ intellectual growth and develop their analytical abilities. Unlike traditional courses, which typically present material from a single field of study, Honors Program courses draw ideas and information from many fields, addressing concerns common to all disciplines and recognizing that there are no boundaries to thought and inquiry. Honors Program courses examine the historical and intellectual origins, the growth, and the development of today’s issues, the connections among them, and their consequences for tomorrow. The Program emphasizes small classes and the lively exchange of ideas in the classroom.

Honors Program requirements substitute for General Education requirements. To graduate from the Honors Program, students must have a 3.0 average overall, a 3.3 average in their major, and a 3.3 in the Honors Core (Honors 140, 141, 200, 201, 300, and 301). Successful completion of the Honors Program requirements is noted at graduation and is recorded on the student’s transcript.

Freshmen are selected each May for the Honors Program on the basis of their high school average and their SAT scores. First-year students who are not selected, sophomores, and transfers may also apply for admission. For information, contact the Honors Program Director.

Oswego Honors Program (51-62cr)

A. Basic Requirements (4 cr)

HON 150 - Introduction to Honors credit:
ENG 204 - Writing About Literature credit: 3

B. Computer Literacy (0-3 cr)

Waiver exam or a course selected from the Gen Ed 2000 list

C. Foreign Languages (3-6 cr)

Successful completion of one language in high school through Regents 3 or 4 plus the same language through the Mll 202 level OR Successful completion of one language in high school through Regents 3 or 4 plus a different language through the Mll 102 level OR candidates for a degree in natural science may take one year of German for Research (GER 125/126)

D. Fine & Performing Arts (3 cr)

HON 201 - Interpreting the Arts credit: 3

E. Humanities (3 cr)

Select one course from the following:

PHL 100 - Introduction to Problems of Philosophy credit: 3
PHL 205 - Ethics I: Introduction to Classical Ethics credit: 3
PHL 220 - Theory of Knowledge credit: 3

F. Mathematics (3-8 cr)

Select one option from the following:

Option 1. MAT 106 - Number Systems and Operations credit: 4
MAT 206 - Introduction to Geometry and Probability credit: 4
Option 2. MAT 159 - Statistics and Society credit: 3
Option 3. MAT 208 - Mathematical Applications for Business and Management credit: 3
MAT 210 - Calculus I credit: 4

G. Natural Sciences (8 cr)

Select two, four-credit natural science courses with labs (may be from the same discipline)

H. Social & Behavioral Sciences (6 cr)

One course selected from the Gen Ed list

HON 200 - Introduction to the Social Sciences credit: 3

I. American History (3 cr)

HON 141 - American Intellectual Heritage credit: 3

J. Western Heritage (3 cr)

HON 140 - Western Intellectual Heritage credit: 3

K. Human Diversity (6 cr)

One course from the Tolerance & Intolerance in the U.S. General Education list
and
One course from the Non-western Civilizations General Education list

L. Intellectual Issues (6 cr)

HON 300 - Natural Science in the Human Context credit: 3
HON 301 - In Search of Meaning credit: 3

M. Advanced Expository Writing (3 cr)

Honors Thesis in major, including oral discourse