{"id":289,"date":"2024-04-14T21:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T01:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/?page_id=289"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:55:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:55:03","slug":"honors-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/honors-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honors EDGE students take a minimum of 8 honors courses during their time at Montclair State University.\u00a0 All courses in the program will build your skills in creative thinking. Four are required at the core: Community Matters, Transformations, Creativity and Capstone. All of the required courses, excluding Capstone, satisfy SEEDS Categories or General Education Requirements.<\/p>\n

During your first year, you will take two of your four required courses: Community Matters (HONP 107) <\/em>and Transformations (HONP 108). <\/em>Along with your Community Matters course, you will take an honors-specific section of WRIT 105 to satisfy your College Writing requirement during your first semester. After your first year, you will select and take a minimum of four more single-semester honors electives and your remaining two core courses,\u00a0Creativity (HONP 106) <\/em>and\u00a0Capstone (HONP 490).\u00a0<\/em>You may also apply to substitute experiential learning opportunities for elective credit after your first year.<\/p>\n

Throughout your experience, Honors EDGE emphasizes interdisciplinary studies in the belief that new insights and understanding are gained outside artificial boundaries imposed by discrete subject areas. This approach creates a climate that fosters creativity and original thinking.<\/p>\n

Required Honors Courses<\/h3>\n
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  • Creativity (HONP 106)<\/strong>\n
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    • Satisfies SEEDS Explorations: Analyzing Cultures and Societies.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • Satisfies General Education’s\u00a0L: Interdisciplinary Studies.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Community Matters (HONP 107)<\/strong>\n
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      • Satisfies SEEDS Foundations: Political and Civic Life.<\/em><\/li>\n
      • Satisfies General Education’s K3: Social Sciences Perspectives.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Transformations (HONP 108)<\/strong>\n
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        • Satisfies SEEDS Foundations: Effective Writing II.<\/em><\/li>\n
        • Satisfies General Education’s C2: Literature<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Capstone (HONP 490)<\/strong>\n
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          • Taken during your final year of study at Montclair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Honors Electives (students must select four)<\/h3>\n
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            • Honors Seminar in Fractals and Infinity (HONP 104)<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Honors Seminar in Computing (HONP 105)<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Honors Seminar in Creative Process (HONP 201)<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Honors Seminar in Contemporary American Issues (HONP 202)<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Honors Seminar in Science (HONP 210)<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Honors Seminar in Contemporary Issues in Science (HONP 211)<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Honors Seminar in Ways of Knowing (HONP 301)<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Honors Seminar in Research Methods (HONP 302)<\/strong><\/li>\n
            • Special Honors Topics Seminar (HONP 310)<\/strong>\n
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              • Topics vary by instructor each semester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Minimum Requirements for Graduating with Honors<\/h3>\n

                In order to complete the Honors EDGE Program at Montclair State University, students must finish their undergraduate degree with a minimum<\/strong> overall GPA of 3.2 and take at least eight honors courses (including the four required ones).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Honors EDGE students take a minimum of 8 honors courses during their time at Montclair State University.\u00a0 All courses in the program will build your skills in creative thinking. Four are required at the core: Community Matters, Transformations, Creativity and Capstone. All of the required courses, excluding Capstone, satisfy SEEDS Categories or General Education Requirements. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":215,"featured_media":330,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-289","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/215"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/289\/revisions\/431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/honors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}