The University Honors Program offers academic challenges to motivated and highly qualified freshmen, continuing UW Oshkosh students and transfer students. Honors courses are small, allowing stimulating exchanges between professors and students and coverage of material in greater depth. The Honors courses emphasize reading, writing and interactive communication skills, encouraging students to engage in learning and research in cooperation with other high-achieving students. Honors courses are listed as such on the student's transcript. Admission to the University Honors Program is as follows:
- Students who graduated in the top 10 percent of their class from accredited high schools and achieved a composite score of 26 or higher on the ACT are eligible to enroll at the time they are admitted as freshmen. In addition, motivated students who meet just one of these criteria may apply to the director by presenting evidence of academic potential at the time of admission to the University Wisconsin Oshkosh.
- UW Oshkosh students who do not join the University Honors Program as first-semester freshmen are invited to join after their first semester at UW Oshkosh if their official grade point average is 3.2 or higher.
- Transfer students from accredited colleges or universities who have a record of high academic achievement may also apply.
Students who join as freshmen complete a core honors curriculum of 8 credit hours (which includes the first-year seminar and a senior capstone experience) as well as a minimum of 12 credit hours of honors electives. Requirements will vary for students who join as sophomores or as advanced transfers. To stay active in the program, students must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.2.
Honors Core Courses
- Honors
175 3 units (crs.)
Honors: Seminar (HU)
An interdisciplinary seminar required of all Freshman honors students during their first or second term. The course is designed to demonstrate the interrelation between the many areas of study within the university. A particular focus of study (for example, the environment) will be selected each term, and then it will be shown how various and diverse academic disciplines approach and analyze it. Prerequisites: Enrolled in good standing in the UW Oshkosh Honors Program. - Honors
271 1 unit (cr.)
Honors: Culture Connection I
The purpose of this course is to heighten student awareness of educational opportunities available at the university and in the community, to broaden the student's appreciation for varying forms of intellectual endeavor, to expand the student's awareness of the interdisciplinary nature of the human experience, and to increase the student's critical thinking skills. The means to these ends are attending intellectually oriented cultural events and writing critical essays about those events. Prerequisites: Enrolled in good standing with the UW Oshkosh Honors program with prior or concurrent enrollment in HNRS 175. - Honors
272 1 unit (cr.)
Honors: Culture Connection II
The purpose of this course is to heighten student awareness of educational opportunities available at the university and in the community, to broaden the student's appreciation for varying forms of intellectual endeavor, to expand the student's awareness of the interdisciplinary nature of the human experience, and to increase the student's critical thinking skills. The means to these ends are attending intellectually oriented cultural events and writing critical essays about those events. Prerequisites: Enrolled in good standing with the UW Oshkosh Honors Program; prior or concurrent enrollment in HNRS 175 and completion of HNRS 271. - Honors
375 3 units (crs.)
Honors Junior Seminar
A topical seminar offered to University Honors Program Students. Each Junior Seminar will focus on a specific topic and topics will vary from year to year. The course emphasizes active engagement on the part of students and innovative teaching strategies on the part of faculty. Prerequisite: The student must be in good standing in the University Honors Program and must have completed at least 60 units (crs.). - Honors
475 3 units (crs.)
Honors Senior Seminar
An interdisciplinary, topical seminar available to University Honors Program Students to meet the senior capstone requirement for the Honors Program. The course will focus on a single topic which will be examined within a broad, interdisciplinary perspective. The course will allow students to bring to bear on a particular topic various approaches they have developed in their careers as university students and as University Honors Program Students. A specific topic of study (for example, Science and Creationism) will be selected for each Honors Senior Seminar. The course will emphasize active, intellectual engagement and require students to prepare and present their own interdisciplinary analyses of topical issues. Prerequisites: Enrolled in good standing with the UW Oshkosh Honors Program; prior or concurrent enrollment in HNRS 175 and Senior Standing. - XXX
474 3 units (crs.)
Honors Senior Thesis
Please contact Honors staff for more information.
Honors Elective Course Offerings
NOTE: A student may not earn credit in both an honors course and a non-honors course of the same title. Honors courses are differentiated by the added word “honors” in the Bulletin title and different course number. For example: English 228 Honors: Modern American Literature.
Please check current Honors course schedules
(www.uwosh.edu/honors/honorscourses/courses) as course availability varies.
Number |
Title |
Units (crs.) |
|---|---|---|
| Biology 108 | Concepts in Biology-Unity | 5 |
| Communication 112 | Fundamentals of Speech | 3 |
| Ed Foundations 381 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| Ed Foundations 409 | Foundations of Multicultural Ed | 3 |
| English 110 | Composition | 3 |
| English 228 | Modern American Literature | 3 |
| English 229 | African American Literature | 3 |
| English 310 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| English 349 | 20th Century Women Authors | 3 |
| Geography 112 | Human Geography | 3 |
| Geology 110 | Honors Geology | 5 |
| History 103 | Modern Civilization | 3 |
| History 203 | Mod US History Since 1877 | 3 |
| History 204 | Early US History to 1877 | 3 |
| Music 221 | Music Appreciation | 3 |
| Nursing 317 | Adult Health I Clinical | 2 |
| Philosophy 106 | Ethics | 3 |
| Philosophy 110 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 |
| Political Science 106 | American Government and Politics | 3 |
| Political Science 107 | Introduction to Government | 3 |
| Psychology 104 | General Psychology | 3 |
| Psychology 302 | Psychology of Abnormal Behavior | 3 |
| Religious Studies 110 | World Religions | 3 |
| Religious Studies 202 | Old Testament | 3 |
| Theatre 162 | Appreciation of the Drama | 3 |