Required Honors Curriculum
The Honors College at Ball State University provides distinctive learning experiences for students of high academic promise and achievement and does this so well that its graduates are competitive with those of any other college or university.
19.5-21.5 credits
Required courses, 6.5 credits
Two colloquia on different topics are required for HONR 390.
Required Honors Junior/Senior Seminar, 1-3 credits (choose one from the following)
| HONR 390 | Honors Colloquium | 1-3 |
| HONR 491 | Honors Junior/Senior Interdisciplinary Seminar | 3 |
Required, 12 credits (choose from the following)
Students must complete 12 credit hours of the following: Honors Ways of Knowing, Honors Beneficence Theme, Honors Electives, or Approved "Honors" Section of courses
| HONR 176 | Inquiries in the Physical Sciences | 3 |
| HONR 177 | Inquiries in the Earth Sciences | 3 |
| HONR 178 | Inquiries in the Life Sciences | 3 |
| HONR 179 | Honors Introduction to Science and Society | 3 |
| HONR 189 | Honors Introduction to Social and Global Issues | 3 |
| HONR 190 | Honors Introduction to Humanities and the Arts | 3 |
| HONR 199 | Inquiries in Contemporary American Civilization | 3 |
| HONR 201 | Inquiries in the Earliest Cultures to ca. 500 CE | 3 |
| HONR 202 | Inquiries in Cultures from ca 500 CE to ca 1800 CE | 3 |
| HONR 203 | Inquiries in Cultures from ca. 1800 to the Present | 3 |
| HONR 204 | Dynamic Perspectives in the Natural Sciences | 3 |
| HONR 205 | Dynamic Perspectives in Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| HONR 206 | Dynamic Perspectives in Humanities, Arts, and Design | 3 |
| HONR 300 | Leadership Seminar | 0 TO 1 |
| HONR 310 | Honors Foreign Study | 1 TO 18 |
| HONR 369 | Honors Professional Experience | 1 TO 6 |
| HONR 390 | Honors Colloquium | 1-3 |
| HONR 479 | Honors Practical Experience | 1 TO 6 |
| HONR 490 | Independent Study or Research | 1 TO 3 |
| HONR 491 | Honors Junior/Senior Interdisciplinary Seminar | 3 |
| Approved "Honors" section of a Ball State course | |
Required HONR 400: Honors Senior Checklist (students enroll in final semester at Ball State University)
Total Credit Hours: 19.5-21.5