2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Required Courses for Continuing and Transfer Students

PART ONE. Required Introductory Courses                Subtotal: 6 cr.

HON 181 Honors Colloquium I 
HON 182 Honors colloquium II 
HON 2XX  Justice Inquiry and Action Research

Advisor’s Note: HON 2XX is being proposed to satisfy the John Jay College Option: Justice and the Individual (200-level) area of the Gen Ed Program.

PART TWO. Pursuit of the Common Good                  Subtotal: 12 cr. 

Required

HON 201 Critical Perspectives on the Common Good
HON 202  Leadership and Shared Futures: Research for the Common Good (retitled: Shared Futures: Research for the Common Good)

Select Two

HON 377 Experiential Learning
HON 380 Selected Topics 
HON 385 Faculty Mentored Research 
Graduate level course or course for Honors in your major (contact your Honors advisor for more information).

Advisor’s Note: HON 201 satisfies the Flexible Core: Individual and Society area and HON 202 satisfies the Flexible Core: World Cultures and Global Issues area of the Gen Ed Program.

PART THREE. Capstone Sequences                           Subtotal: 6 cr.

Select one capstone sequence

Academic Capstone Sequence

HON 301 The Idea of the Common Good Across Disciplines  (retitled: Honors Capstone Seminar I
HON 401 Honors Capstone Seminar II, Research and the Theme of the Common Good

OR

Project-Based Capstone Sequence

HON 484 Faculty Mentored Research Around the Common Good
HON 485 Faculty Mentored Capstone Research on the Common Good

Advisors Note: HON 301 satisfies the John Jay College Option: Struggle for Justice and Equality in the U.S. (300-level) area of the Gen Ed Program.

Total credits for Continuing or Transfer Entry: 24