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The Honors Curriculum and General Education

[Note: The general education requirements listed below apply to all students at The University of Maine.  Students electing Bachelor of Arts (BA) degrees in either the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences or the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture will have additional BA requirements to fulfill.  A brief discussion is available here; for more details please see your academic advisor or associate dean's office.]

For students who enrolled in The University of Maine on or after 1 July 2002 the following courses satisfy University general education requirements:

NOTE: This means that students who complete the Civilizations sequence along with a tutorial have satisfied all of the University's general education requirements with the exception of the mathematics, science, and capstone requirement.  [The capstone is satisfied by Honors 498 & 499 for many majors.]  However, students who either take HON350 or substitute the Study Abroad Tutorial Portfolio will be one or two credits (depending upon whether they took HON180) short in the Human Values and Social Contexts grouping of general education requirements.  They will have to take an additional course in one of those areas to reach the 18 credit requirement.

For students who do not complete the entire Honors curriculum, the chart below shows which requirements will be met upon completion of each semester in the Civilizations sequence.  Students may take any combination of HON 111, 112, 211, and 212; however, the college composition (ENG 101) requirement is only met upon the completion of HON 111 and 112.
 

Number of Semesters of the Civilizations Sequence

 

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CD & IP

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A & CE

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*One course satisfies either WCT or CD & IP

WCT = Western cultural tradition
CD & IP = Cultural diversity and international perspectives
SC & I = Social context and institutions
P & E = Population and the environment
A & CE = Artistic and creative expression

For students who enrolled in The University of Maine prior to 1 July 2002 the following Honors courses satisfy University general education requirements:

  • Honors 101 (Satisfies WCT and CD & IP), Honors 102 (Satisfies WCT and SC & I), Honors 201 (Satisfies WCT and Writing Intensive), and Honors 202 (Satisfies WCT and Writing Intensive);

  • Completing both Honors 101 and Honors 102, each with a grade of "C" or better, satisfies the college composition (ENG 101) requirement.

  • Honors Tutorials (HON 310 or HON 309) (Satisfy various general education requirements, determined by the particular tutorial);

  • The Honors Thesis sequence, HON 498 and HON 499 (Satisfies capstone requirement for some majors; HON 499 is writing intensive).


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This page was last updated on 18 September 2007 10:41 AM -0400

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