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Morris Campus
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Academic Affairs
The Honors Program offers UMM students an opportunity to pursue an intentional interdisciplinary and interdivisional curriculum and work toward graduation with honors.
Honors courses, limited to a class size of 15, are interdisciplinary in nature and often team-taught by faculty from different UMM academic divisions, and concern subjects of special interest to the faculty members who design them. All UMM students are eligible to apply to the Honors Program. Admitted students usually take the required core course, IS 2001H-Traditions in Human Thought, in the fall of their second year. Honors students then complete at least 8 credits of interdisciplinary honors course electives and a 2-credit honors capstone project; the capstone is a substantial scholarly or creative interdisciplinary work designed by each student working cooperatively with an interdisciplinary panel of three faculty and includes a culminating project defense.
Learning Outcomes
1. Connections among disciplines. Student demonstrate a understanding of interdisciplinary inquiry and a recognition of its centrality in the liberal arts setting in general and the Honors Program in particular.
2. Engagement with big questions, both contemporary and enduring. Students are active members of intellectual communities within and beyond Honors classes.
3. Sustainable learning. Students develop across disciplines and academic divisions a strong foundation of lifelong learning.
Further information about the Honors Program may be obtained from the Academic Center for Enrichment (ACE) office at www.morris.umn.edu/ACE.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Students normally apply to the program in the spring semester of their freshman year and begin coursework sophomore year. While everyone may apply, the following may be used to limit the number of students accepted, focusing on those with the proven motivation and ability to likely succeed in the program: academic success in the fall semester, faculty recommendations, and a short essay. Applications are available at the Academic Center for Enrichment, 5 Student Center.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students are required to complete general University and college requirements. For more
information, see the general education requirements.
Program Requirements
Honors capstone project: It is the responsibility of the student to secure a project advisor for the honors capstone project, identify two other faculty for the panel in consultation with the project advisor, and register for at least 2 credits of IS 4994H - Honors Capstone Project. Students should submit the completed project to the Honors Program director and panel members by April 1, and arrange for the defense.
To qualify for a degree with honors, a student must have completed 60 or more semester credits at the University.
A minimum GPA of 3.50 in all University of Minnesota, Morris courses is required. Grades of "F" are included in GPA calculation until they are replaced.
Elective Courses
Any fully-approved IS 3xxxH course may be used to fulfill the 8 credit elective requirement.
Two of the eight elective credits may also be completed by writing an interdisciplinary paper related to co-curricular engagement, such as an internship or study abroad experience. Students complete an Honors Co-Curricular Independent Study form and register for IS 3991H. These projects are subject to assessment by a committee of faculty members.
Take 8 or more credit(s) from the following:
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IS 3111H {Inactive}
[SS]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3203H {Inactive}
[HIST]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3204H {Inactive}
[ENVT]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3206H - Honors: Introduction to Game Theory
[M/SR]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3209H {Inactive}
[ENVT]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3211H - Honors: Republic or Empire? The American 1890s
[HIST]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3212H {Inactive}
[HDIV]
(2.0-4.0 cr)
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IS 3214H {Inactive}
[HUM]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3215H - Honors: Sagas before the Fall: Culture, Climate, and Collapse in Medieval Iceland
[ENVT]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3216H - Honors: Perspectives on Disability in Contemporary American Life
[HDIV]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3217H - Honors: The Trial of Galileo
[HIST]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3234H {Inactive}
[FA]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3235H {Inactive}
[HUM]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3236H {Inactive}
[HUM]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3237H - Honors: The Power of Place: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Where We Live
[ENVT]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3238H - Honors: In Search of Nietzsche
[IP]
(4.0 cr)
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IS 3239H {Inactive}
[SS]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3240H - Honors: Proud Decade or Dark Age? The American 1950s
[HIST]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3241H {Inactive}
[SCI]
(4.0 cr)
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IS 3242H - Honors: Two Cosmological Poets: Dante and Lucretius
[IP]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3244H {Inactive}
[IP]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3245H - Honors: Archaeology Mythbusting
[SS]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3247H - Honors: Heroes of Ancient Greece and Rome
[HUM]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3248H - Honors: Art and History of the Crusades
[FA]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3991H - Honors Co-Curricular Independent Study
(1.0-2.0 cr)
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IS 3249H - Honors: Literature Through Opera
[FA]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3250H {Inactive}
[HUM]
(4.0 cr)
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IS 3251H - Honors: Chariots and Gladiators: Ancient Greek and Roman Athletics
[HIST]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3252H {Inactive}
[SCI]
(2.0 cr)
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IS 3253H - Honors: Honoring Native Treaties: Human Rights and Civic Responsibilities
[E/CR]
(2.0 cr)
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