Honors Humanities - B.A.
Honors Humanities is a rigorous interdisciplinary major that satisfies the bulk of the general education requirements for John Wesley Scholars. By completing the Honors Humanities major and 15 hours of general education courses, John Wesley Scholars fulfill IWU’s general education requirements and competency and proficiency requirements for graduation with a bachelor’s degree.
The Honors Humanities major may not be taken as a stand-alone major. Honors Humanities is offered as a complementary major that provides interdisciplinary preparation for a more holistic and meaningful engagement of a particular field of study.
Admission to the Honors Humanities major is only open to students enrolled in the John Wesley Scholars program. Successful completion of the Honors Humanities major is a requirement for graduation from IWU with honors distinction as a John Wesley Scholar. Students must maintain a 3.5 cumulative GPA and a 3.0 GPA in their coursework in the Honors Humanities major.
Required Major Courses (43-48 credits)
Christian Liberal Learning and Life Calling (18 credits)
| HNR-170 | LLLC Seminar I: What Is Truth? | 3 |
| HNR-175 | Liberal Learning and Life Calling Seminar Ii: What Is Beauty? | 3 |
| HNR-270 | Seminar III: What Is Humanity | 3 |
| HNR-275 | Seminar IV: What Is the Good Life? | 3 |
| HNR-375 | Seminar V: Who is our Neighbor? | 3 |
| HNR-475 | Capstone: How Then Shall We Live? | 3 |
Interdisciplinary Humanities (19 credits)
| HNR-180 | Foundations of Christian Tradition | 3 |
| HNR-185 | Rhetoric and the Sacramental Imagination | 3 |
| HNR-280 | Wisdom, Culture, and Justice Through the Ages I | 3 |
| HNR-285 | Great Texts in Context I | 2 |
| HNR-380 | Wisdom, Culture, and Justice Through the Ages II | 3 |
| HNR-385 | Great Texts in Context II | 2 |
| HNR-480 | Advanced Topics in Interdisciplinary Humanities | 3 |
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| HNR-325 | Honors Research Tutorial | 3 |
While students are encouraged to take both
HNR-325 and
HNR-480, they are only required to enroll in one of these two courses for the major.
Honors Research and Scholarship (6 credits)
| HNR-350 | Honors Research Seminar | 3 |
| HNR-497 | Honors Scholarship Project I | 1 to 3 |
| HNR-498 | Honors Scholarship Project II | 1 to 3 |
| HNR-499 | Honors Scholarship Presentation | 0 to 1 |
Instead of HNR-350, students majoring in the Natural Sciences enroll in honors sections of PMD-110 and BIO-490/CHE-490.
The Honors Scholarship Project is completed over the course of two semesters. Students decide with their faculty mentors how the three-hour requirement will be distributed across the two semesters. Students may petition to pursue an Honors Scholarship Project of more than three hours (up to six hours).
Instead of HNR-497/HNR-498, students majoring in the Natural Sciences enroll in three hours of lab research (BIO, CHE, etc.).
Honors Practica: Integrative Practices for Servant Leadership (0-5 credits)
| HNR-130 | Honors Practicum in Christian Calling I: Practices of the Faithful - Called To Love | 0 to 1 |
| HNR-135 | Honors Practicum Christian Calling Ii: Practices of the Faithful - Called To Create | 0 to 1 |
| HNR-230 | Honors Practicum in Christian Calling Iii: Habits of Faithfulness In One's Life Calling | 0 to 1 |
| HNR-330 | Servant Leadership for Redemptive Communities II | 0 to 1 |
| HNR-430 | Servant Leadership Capstone | 0 to 1 |
Required General Education Courses (15 credits)
Social Science Electives (6 credits)
ECO/POL/INR-
| One Elective Course from ECO/POL/INR | |
SOC/PSY-
| One Elective Course from SOC/PSY | |
Health and Wellness (2 credits)
| PHE-101 | Concepts of Health and Wellness | 1 |
PHE-102-139
| One PHE Activity Course | 1 |
Science/Mathematics (7 credits)
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| Lab Science | 4 |
MAT/CIS-
| Mathematics OR Computer Course | 3 |
Writing Competency
Demonstrated by successful completion of Rhetoric and the Sacramental Imagination (
HNR-185).
Communication Competency
Demonstrated by successful completion of Honors Scholarship Presentation (
HNR-499).
The JWHC will work with the Division of Communication and Theatre to develop a program of "communication across the curriculum" that will integrate public speaking skills, the virtues of communication, and media literacy into various interdisciplinary experiences. In
HNR-499 students will submit a Communication Portfolio in which they will document and reflect on their participation in this program of "communication across the curriculum."
Intercultural Competency
Demonstrated by successful completion of LLLC Seminar: Who is our Neighbor? (
HNR-375).
