Oswego Honors Program

Gwen Kay, Director

Casey Raymond, Associate Director
221 Marano 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, 204, 300, and 301). Successful completion of the Honors Program requirements is noted at graduation and is recorded on the student’s transcript.

First-year students 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 (36-44 cr)

A. Core Requirements (27 cr) **

HON 150 - Introduction to Honors Credit: 1
HON 250 - Weaving the Tapestry of Honors Credit: 1
HON 350 - Beginning the Honors Thesis Credit: 1
HON 140 - Western Intellectual Heritage Credit: 3
HON 141 - American Intellectual Heritage Credit: 3
HON 204 - Honors Writing about Literature Credit: 3
HON 301 - In Search of Meaning Credit: 3
Honors Thesis in chosen discipline (3 credits)

** Students may waive one of the three first-year HON core courses (140, 141, 204) with a score of 4 or 5 on the relevant AP exam or a grade of B- or better in an equivalent college course.

Select three courses (9 credits) from the following:
(only one may be a PHL course)
HON 200 - Introduction to the Social Sciences Credit: 3
HON 201 - Interpreting the Arts Credit: 3
HON 300 - Natural Science in the Human Context Credit: 3
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

B. Mathematics (3-4 cr)

Any Gen Ed approved Math course beyond MAT 103.

C. Foreign Languages (0-6 cr)

To the 102-level. (Can be met with 4 or 5 years in high school).

D. Natural Sciences (3-4 cr)

Select one course from the General Education list.

E. World Awareness (3 cr)

Select one course from the General Education list.