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Upper-Division Honors Seminars and Experiential Learning Courses<\/h2>\n

Enrollment in all HON courses (except HON 200) are controlled by the Honors College as they are by permission only. Students attend Honors Advising<\/a> sessions, arranged by appointment, to obtain permission to register for these courses. Those students who are nearest<\/em> to graduation are generally given priority, when necessary.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note<\/span><\/div>
All honors students must complete at least ONE section of HON 480. Descriptions of ALL Upper-Division CORE Honors courses are available HERE<\/a>.<\/strong> Refer to our advising page<\/a> for more information on requirements. Also, see VIDEO INTRODUCTIONS<\/a> of courses!<\/div><\/div>\n

Need a refresher of our curricular requirements<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Integrative CORE Honors Seminars<\/h3>\n

Each semester there are several of these small, interdisciplinary seminars offered through the college by outstanding faculty from across the university.<\/p>\n

Spring 2027 – Upper Division CORE Honors Courses<\/h4>\n
Note<\/span><\/div>
All honors students must complete at least ONE section of HON 480. Descriptions of ALL Upper-Division CORE Honors courses are available HERE<\/a>.<\/strong> Refer to our advising page<\/a> for more information on requirements. Also, see VIDEO INTRODUCTIONS<\/a> of courses!<\/div><\/div>\n
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Honors College HON 480 Special Topics Seminars \u2013 Spring 2027<\/caption>\n
COURSE<\/th>\nSEC<\/th>\nCRN<\/th>\nHRS<\/th>\nCOURSE TITLE<\/th>\nSCHEDULE<\/th>\nLOCATION<\/th>\nINSTRUCTOR<\/th>\nAttributes and Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
HON 480<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSpTp: Watching The Americans<\/td>\nMW, 2:30p – 3:45p<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nYoung, John<\/td>\nHonors CORE; Affordable Education Materials; Writing Intensive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 480<\/td>\n202<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSpTp: Sex & Supreme Court<\/td>\nTR, 11:00a – 12:15p<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nProctor, Patricia<\/td>\nHonors CORE; Affordable Education Materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 480<\/td>\n203<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSpTp: Having It All<\/td>\nTR, 2:00p – 3:15p<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nBrewster, Hilary<\/td>\nHonors CORE; Affordable Education Materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 480<\/td>\n204<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSpTp: From Soil to Society<\/td>\nT, 4:00p – 6:20p<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nMcCarthy, Mike<\/td>\nHonors CORE; Affordable Education Materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 480<\/td>\n205<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSpTp: Appalachian Foodways<\/td>\nW, 4:00p – 6:20p<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nTrautwein, Sarah<\/td>\nHonors CORE; Affordable Education Materials; Writing Intensive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Spring 2027 – Lower Division CORE Honors Courses<\/h4>\n

The list includes required first- and second-year Honors Seminars (i.e., FYS 100H<\/strong> and HON 200<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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Honors College Lower Division CORE Honors Courses \u2013 Spring 2027<\/caption>\n
COURSE<\/th>\nSEC<\/th>\nCRN<\/th>\nHRS<\/th>\nCOURSE TITLE<\/th>\nSCHEDULE<\/th>\nLOCATION<\/th>\nINSTRUCTOR<\/th>\nAttributes and Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
FYS 100H<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nFirst Year Seminar-Honors<\/td>\nTR, 2:00p – 3:15p<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nEng, Ben<\/td>\nHonors CORE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 200<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSecond Year Seminar<\/td>\nTR, 09:30a – 10:45a<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nFerda, Mary Beth<\/td>\nHonors CORE; Affordable Education Materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 200<\/td>\n202<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSecond Year Seminar<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nBailey, Cara<\/td>\nHonors CORE; Affordable Education Materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 200<\/td>\n203<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSecond Year Seminar<\/td>\nM, 4:00p – 6:20p<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nBiggs, Michelle<\/td>\nHonors CORE; Affordable Education Materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 200<\/td>\n204<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSecond Year Seminar<\/td>\nW, 4:00p – 6:20p<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nJames, Matt<\/td>\nHonors CORE; Affordable Education Materials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Experiential Learning Courses<\/h3>\n

In addition to the required Honors Seminars, the college also offers by permission experiential learning<\/a> courses that allow students valuable opportunities in leadership and collaborative community-based learning in an instructional course. The first of these is HON 300<\/strong> 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<\/strong> Design for Defense. Finally, there is HON 490 <\/strong>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.<\/p>\n

Note<\/span><\/div>
A total of 3 credits of HON 300 (earned in 1 semester, usually in Fall) or\u00a0<\/strong>HON 490 (earned over 2 semesters with 1 credit in Fall and 2 credits in Spring) may be substituted for one<\/strong> HON 480 seminar in the required curriculum. Descriptions of ALL Upper-Division CORE Honors courses are available HERE<\/a>.<\/strong> Refer to our advising page<\/a> for more information on requirements.<\/div><\/div>\n

Spring 2027 – Upper Division CORE Honors Experiential Courses<\/h4>\n
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Note<\/span><\/div>
All honors students must complete at least ONE section of HON 480. Descriptions of ALL Upper-Division CORE Honors courses are available HERE<\/a>.<\/strong> Refer to our advising page<\/a> for more information on requirements.<\/div><\/div>\n
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Honors College HON 300 and HON 490 \u2013 Spring 2026<\/caption>\n
COURSE<\/th>\nSEC<\/th>\nCRN<\/th>\nHRS<\/th>\nCOURSE TITLE<\/th>\nSCHEDULE<\/th>\nLOCATION<\/th>\nINSTRUCTOR<\/th>\nAttributes and Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
HON 490<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nTedxMarshallU Honors Interns<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nKinghorn, Brian<\/td>\nHonors CORE; No Textbook Required; Onsite Learning Experience; Part II of II<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Spring 2027 – Upper Division GENERAL Honors Experiential Courses<\/h4>\n

The Honors College also offers upper-division, experiential and collaborative learning courses that are student-led. This includes HON 484<\/strong> The Honors Oracle<\/em> <\/a>(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.<\/p>\n

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Honors College HON 483\u2013489 \u2013 Spring 2026<\/caption>\n
COURSE<\/th>\nSEC<\/th>\nCRN<\/th>\nHRS<\/th>\nCOURSE TITLE<\/th>\nSCHEDULE<\/th>\nLOCATION<\/th>\nINSTRUCTOR<\/th>\nAttributes and Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
HON 301<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nHonors Engagement & Outreach<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nFerda, Mary Beth<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; Free Book; Onsite Learning Experience; By PERMISSION of the Director of Honors Student Engagement<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 301<\/td>\n202<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nHonors Engagement & Outreach<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nFerda, Mary Beth<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; Free Book; Onsite Learning Experience; By PERMISSION of the Director of Honors Student Engagement<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 484<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nHonors College Newsletter<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nBailey, Cara<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; No Textbook Required; Onsite Learning Experience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 484<\/td>\n202<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nHonors College Newsletter<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nBailey, Cara<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; No Textbook Required; Onsite Learning Experience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 485<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1 to 4<\/td>\nIndependent Study<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nHoey, Brian<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; No Textbook Required; By PERMISSION OF THE DEAN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HON 489<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1 to 4<\/td>\nHonors Internship<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nHoey, Brian<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; No Textbook Required; Onsite Learning Experience; By PERMISSION OF THE DEAN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Special Summer Honors Opportunity! Study Abroad in Ireland \u2013 May 2027<\/h3>\n
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Newgrange, Boyne Valley, a 5000-year-old UNESCO World Heritage Site we’ll explore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Note<\/span><\/div>
This is the only summer offering that carries honors credit.<\/div><\/div>\n

Immediately following the Spring 2027<\/strong> semester, honors students can travel to Ireland for a two-week<\/strong> faculty-led program based at Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT). The experience explores the deep cultural connections between Ireland and Appalachia through archaeology, history, and place-based learning in the Boyne Valley region, including Newgrange, the Hill of Tara, and Dublin\u2019s EPIC Emigration Museum.<\/p>\n

The Honors College does not typically offer courses in the summer. However, through the Ireland Program, honors students can earn 6 credit hours of honors coursework<\/strong> (3 CORE + 3 General) transferred to Marshall\u2014usable also as their home college\/major decides\u2014and receive an internationally awarded Certificate in Cultural Landscapes<\/strong> from DkIT! All students earn 7.5 hours of upper division credit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Dates and final program cost will be announced by the Office of Study Abroad<\/strong><\/p>\n

Learn More!<\/a><\/p>\n

Lower-Division Departmental Honors-Designated Courses<\/h2>\n

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 <\/span>Honors Curriculum<\/a> as well as their General Education requirements at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Some of these courses may have prerequisites (noted as PR<\/strong>) 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.<\/p>\n

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Honors College lower-division and honors-designated course offerings \u2013 Spring 2027<\/caption>\n
COURSE<\/th>\nSEC<\/th>\nCRN<\/th>\nHRS<\/th>\nCOURSE TITLE<\/th>\nSCHEDULE<\/th>\nLOCATION<\/th>\nINSTRUCTOR<\/th>\nAttributes and Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
ART 112H<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n2101<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nIntro to Visual Art Honors<\/td>\nONLINE ASYNC<\/td>\nONLINE ASYNC<\/td>\nDanford, Rachel<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; Asynchronous Online; Core II Fine Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CHM 390H<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n2584<\/td>\n1 to 4<\/td>\nHonors in Chemistry<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nHTN TBA<\/td>\nMcCunn-Jordan, Laura<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; Natural Sciences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CMM 104H<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n2892<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nHonors in Speech Comm<\/td>\nTR, 09:30a – 10:45a<\/td>\nSH 261<\/td>\nTaylor, Dennis<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; Affordable Education Materials; Core II Communication Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ENG 200H<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n3263<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nTexting the World (CT)<\/td>\nONLINE ASYNC<\/td>\nONLINE ASYNC<\/td>\nDennison, Cat<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; Core II Humanities; Asynchronous Online; Composition Core II; Writing Intensive; Literature; Critical Thinking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ENG 201H<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n5958<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nEnglish Comp Honors<\/td>\nMWF, 09:00a – 09:50a<\/td>\nCH 306<\/td>\nBurbery, Tim<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; Composition Core II; PR: ACT Verbal 28, or SAT Verbal Before March 16 640, or SAT EVIDENCE-BASED READ\/WRIT 640<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ENT 300H<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n3458<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nSmith Incubator Honors II<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nHTN TBA<\/td>\nEng, Ben<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; PR: ENT 200H Minimum Grade C; PERMISSION OF iCENTER<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MUS 142H<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n4343<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nMusic in Society Honors<\/td>\nMWF, 09:00a – 09:50a<\/td>\nSM 143<\/td>\nDobbs, Wendell<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; Affordable Education Materials; Multicultural; Core II Fine Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SCLA 102H<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n5971<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nTransformative Texts ENG<\/td>\nTR, 11:00a – 12:15p<\/td>\nTBA<\/td>\nDennison, Cat<\/td>\nHonors GENERAL; Composition Core II; Writing Intensive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Note<\/span><\/div>
These courses are currently designed, staffed, and scheduled without<\/strong> close consultation with the Honors College–though we do seek partnership to assure that those courses open exclusively to honors students (i.e., are in the catalog to serve the Honors College) are of the highest possible quality and that they contribute most effectively to fulfilling the college’s student learning outcomes<\/a> and mission. They are honors sections of courses offered in their home departments. Refer to our advising page<\/a> for more information on requirements.<\/div><\/div>\n

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