Honors Humanities Minor
The Honors Humanities minor is an interdisciplinary engagement of the fundamental questions of human existence for the purpose of contextualizing and enriching one’s studies in a particular academic discipline.
Admission to the Honors Humanities minor is limited to students who have enrolled in the Mary C. Dodd Honors program. Mary C. Dodd Honors students must complete all of the CAS general education requirements for graduation with a bachelor’s degree. Many of the courses in the Honors Humanities minor may be applied toward certain CAS general education requirements. Successful completion of the Honors Humanities minor is a requirement for graduation from IWU as a Mary C. Dodd Honors Student.
Honors Humanities Minor (23-25 credits)
Christian Liberal Learning and Life Calling (9 credits)
| HNR-170 | LLLC Seminar I: What Is Truth? | 3 |
| HNR-475 | Capstone: How Then Shall We Live? | 3 |
Choose at least one of the following courses:
| 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 |
Interdisciplinary Humanities (8 credits)
| HNR-180 | Foundations of Christian Tradition | 3 |
Choose at least five credits from the following courses:
| 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-325 | Honors Research Tutorial | 3 |
| HNR-480 | Advanced Topics in Interdisciplinary Humanities | 3 |
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 (0-2 credits)
| HNR-330 | Servant Leadership for Redemptive Communities II | 0 to 1 |
| HNR-430 | Servant Leadership Capstone | 0 to 1 |
