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. Students must maintain a 3.5 cumulative GPA and a 3.0 GPA in their coursework in the Honors Humanities minor.
Honors Humanities Minor (21-23 credits)
Christian Liberal Learning and Life Calling (9 credits)
| HNR-170 | LLLC Seminar I: What Is Truth? | 3 |
| HNR-475 | LLLC Capstone: How Then Shall We Live? | 3 |
Choose at least one of the following courses:
| HNR-270 | LLLC Seminar III: What Is Humanity? | 3 |
| HNR-277 | LLLC Seminar IV: What Is Beauty? | 3 |
| HNR-375 | LLLC 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-310 | Honors Colloquia | 1 to 3 |
| HNR-380 | Wisdom, Culture, and Justice Through the Ages II | 3 |
| HNR-385 | Great Texts in Context | 3 |
Honors Practica in Christian Calling (0-1 credits)
| HNR-130 | Honors Practicum in Christian Calling I: Practices of the Faithful - Called to Love | 0 to 1 |
Honors Scholarship Research Requirement
In addition to taking
HNR-499, students must choose between:
Option 1
Take 4-5 credits from the following courses:
| HNR-350 | Honors Seminar in Faith and Scholarship | 1 to 3 |
| HNR-497 | Honors Scholarship Project I | 1 to 3 |
| HNR-498 | Honors Scholarship Project II | 1 to 3 |
| MAT-490 | Math Senior Seminar | 2 |
| MUS-490 | Senior Seminar | 2 |
| NUR-336 | Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
| REL-490 | Practical Theology Capstone | 1 |
| SOC-482 | Social Research | 3 |
Option 2
Take 4 credits from the following courses:
HNR-350
One or two of the following:
The Honors Scholarship Project (Research, Service Learning, Creative) is completed over the course of two semesters. Students decide with their faculty mentors how the 3-credit requirement will be distributed across the two semesters. Students may petition to pursue an HSP of more than 3 credits (up to 6 credits). If a student’s disciplinary major includes a research capstone experience, the HSP will overlap with this project. If not, the HSP will still apply as an upper-divisional elective within a student’s disciplinary major.
