Upper-Division Honors Seminars and Experiential Learning Courses
Enrollment in all HON courses (except HON 200) are controlled by the Honors College as they are by permission only. Students attend Honors Advising sessions, arranged by appointment, to obtain permission to register for these courses. Those students who are nearest to graduation are generally given priority, when necessary.
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Interdisciplinary CORE Honors Seminars
Each semester there are several of these small, interdisciplinary seminars offered through the college by outstanding faculty from across the university.
Spring 2026 – Upper Division Honors CORE Courses
Experiential & Collaborative Learning Courses
In addition to the required Honors Seminars, the college also offers by permission experiential learning courses that allow students valuable opportunities in leadership and collaborative community-based learning in an instructional course. The first of these is HON 300 Honors Peer Mentoring, which is a course that focuses on leadership training and service to the college through collaborative, project-based community engagement. Next, when available, we have HON 481 Design for Defense. Finally, there is HON 490 TEDxMarshallU Internship, which provides hands-on training to plan and hold a TEDx event on campus. Enrollment in HON 490 in the Fall semester requires that you contact the instructor and obtain permission through both Dr. Kinghorn and the Honors College.
Spring 2026 – Upper Division Honors CORE Courses
Spring 2026 – Upper Division GENERAL Honors Courses
The Honors College also offers upper-division, experiential and collaborative learning courses that are student-led. This includes HON 484 The Honors Oracle (newsletter). Students in this course develop at least three published newsletters for the Honors College each semester while serving as either a writer or editor.
Lower-Division Honors Seminars and Honors-Designated Courses
The following list is of Honors Seminars (FYS 100H and HON 200, when in the appropriate term) and honors-designated sections of departmental courses. In fulfilling General Education requirements at Marshall (Core I, Core II, and Additional University Requirements as seen in Degree Works), we advise our students to take honors-sections (any course with an “H” at the end, such as ANT201H or CMM104H) as much as possible as a means to complete both the required 12-hours of “general” honors credits of the Honors Curriculum as well as their General Education requirements at the same time. The list also includes mandatory first- and second-year Honors Seminars (i.e., FYS 100H and HON 200).
Spring 2026 – Lower Division CORE Honors Courses
Spring 2026 – Honors-Designated Departmental GENERAL Honors Courses
Some of these courses may have prerequisites (noted as PR) set by the department that offer them that can, in rare cases, exclude an honors student on the basis of that PR. An example of this condition can be seen in ENG 201H. We recommend that honors students take ENG 200H instead, given the range of General Education attributes that can be obtained in this course.
