Courses

Freshman Year (0-29 credits)

In the first year, Honors Program students complete Studies I-III. Choose from two tracks—Science or Globalization.

Studies I-III: Science
Merrow, York, Wheeler

Studies I-III: Globalization
Fallon and Jenks

Sophomore Year (30-89 credits)

In the second year, Honors Program students complete Studies IV-VI. Choose from two tracks—Ancients and Moderns or Urban Discourses

Studies IV-VI: Ancients and Moderns
Merrow and Wheeler

Studies IV-VI: Urban Discourses
Fallon and Jenks

Junior Year (90+ credits)

In the third year, Honors Program students complete a total of 12 credits. These credits are fulfilled with a combination of HON 407 seminar courses, individual research projects, and an internship.

Current Listing of HON 407 Seminars

To find out which seminar courses will be offered this year, please see the Course Planning Guide

Psychoanalysis and Feminism
Merrow

Freud Between the Two Cultures
Merrow

Reading Antigone
Merrow

Reading Zarathustra
Merrow

Structuralism
Wheeler

Self/Life/Writing
Wheeler

Theatron
Wheeler

20th & 21st Century Graphic Novel
Merrow and Wheeler

Pestilence and Plagues in History
York

Imagining the Body in Early Modern Europe
York

Renaissance Science
York

Making History in the Middle Ages
York

Spatial Regimes and Racial Formations
Jenks

Globalization and Nicaragua
Fallon

Senior Year

In the final year of undergraduate study, Honors Program students complete a thesis. This project allows Honors students the opportunity to work closely with a faculty advisor in their major department. To begin the thesis, students must take the Thesis Seminar offered through the Honors Program each fall term, producing a thesis prospectus. Students write the thesis over winter and/or spring term and give a short presentation upon completion.

PSU online schedule of classes

2011-12 Course Planning Guide