The Honors Distribution
While your major will provide you with in depth education in a particular field, your honors distribution is meant to ensure that your education has breadth. Honors students are exempt from general education requirements for undergraduates. Instead, honors students complete the Honors Distribution, which asks you to select 38 semester credits within four disciplines: Humanities, Languages and the Arts, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences.
To maximize your opportunities and capitalize on your developing interests, it is better that you spread these courses among the four or five years of your program here, rather than take them all at once. With the guidance of your honors faculty advisor, you submit a balanced plan to complete the Honors Program's distribution requirement. This plan needs to be completed before the end of your second semester in the program. After the Honors Council has approved your plan, you may propose changes by consulting with your honors faculty advisor and submitting a revision request form.
When a course you have selected for your distribution requirement is available in an honors section, you are strongly recommended to take that section. In case of scheduling conflict, either postpone the distribution requirement course to another semester or adjust your selection of major courses to permit you to take the honors section. A list of honors sections offered each semester will be provided on this web site before registration begins.
Credits earned by Advanced Placement (AP) Test scores, transfer credits, bypass credits, and credits earned while in high school through Ohio's post-secondary option program may be used to satisfy parts of the distribution requirement. However, at least three credits in each Group must be from a college classroom experience (as opposed to AP, IB, CLEP, Bypass Credit, Military Credit, ...).
Download Forms:
The honors distribution form (for completing and sharing with your honors faculty advisor) is available as a download (Word document).
The form to use for revisions to a previously-submitted distribution form is also available for download (Word document).
Transient Permission
The transient permission form for students for courses being applied to the Honors Distribution is available for download (Word document).
Summary:
Group I (Note, see below) :
6 or more credits in courses offered in these departments:
3200 Classical Studies
3210 Greek
3220 Latin
3240 Archaeology(depending on course)
3400 History
3400 Humanities in the Western Tradition
3400 World Civilizations
3600 Philosophy
Group II (Note, see below):
6 credits of English Composition-Honors and/or other English, and 3 or more credits in courses offered in any of the other departments:
3300 English
3500 Modern Language (Arabic, Chinese, Japanese)
3520 French
3530 German
3550 Italian
3570 Russian
3580 Spanish
7700 Sign Language
7100 Art
7500 Music
7520 Applied Music Lessons
7600 Communication
7800 Theatre
7900 Dance
Group III:
6 or more credits in courses offered in these departments:
3230 Anthropolgy
3240 Archaeology(depending on course)
3250 Economics
3350 Geography and Planning
3700 Political Science
3750 Pyschology
3850 Sociology
Group IV (Note, see below) :
3 or more credits in Mathematics, Computer Science, or Statistics, and 6 or more credits in science courses offered in these departments, including at least one lab:
3100 Biology
3150 Chemistry
3230:151 Human Evolution
3370 Geology
3450 Mathematics
3470 Statistics
3460 Computer Science
3650 Physics
A total of 38 or more credits is required -- that is, at least 8 credits in addition to the sum of the minimums required in the four groups. Group credits cannot be completely fulfilled by advanced placement credits alone.
If a course you select is offered as an honors section, that is the section you are to take. In cases of scheduling conflict, postpone until you can schedule honors sections.
Note:
Group I
3200 Classical Studies: These courses do not require knowledge of classical languages.
3210 Greek: May be used to satisfy a college or department language requirement. Check with your honors preceptor.
3220 Latin: May be used to satisfy a college or department language requirement. Check with your honors preceptor.
3600 Philosophy: At least one course is recommended for all honors students.
Group II
3300 English: Completion of English Composition 111 honors and 112 honors or permission of the instructor and the Honors Program is required in order to include other English courses.
3500 Modern Languages: Courses must be at an appropriate level as determined by previous courses taken, UA placement tests, Advanced Placement scores, or interview. Beginners should take at least two semesters in order to obtain some useful proficiency.
7500 Music: Courses within 7510, Music Organizations, are not included. Private music lessons, 7520, are included.
7600 Communication: These courses are not included: 7600:105, 106, 230, 231, 232, 233. An exception is 7600:105-Intro. to Public Speaking-Honors.
If your major requires a speech course, check with your preceptor.
7700 Sign Language: At least two semesters should be completed.
Group IV
A science lab is required.
3450 Mathematics: You may select 3450:135, 140, 145, or a higher course.
3460 Computer Science: These course are not included: 3460:125, 126, 127.
3100 Biology: Two-semester sequence with laboratory is recommended.
3150 Chemistry: Two-semester sequence with laboratory is recommended.
