Honors Requirements
A small, intensive, interdisciplinary, discussion-based course required for all first-year Barrett students.
What is the Human Event?
These allow students to receive honors credit in their major-specific, non-honors courses by designing a separate project in addition to general coursework.
What is an Honors Contract?
The culmination of the entire honors experience and undergraduate education
What is the Honors Thesis/Creative Project?
The number of honors credits recommended per year.
What is 9-12?
A more intensely focused, one-semester course exclusively for upper-division students who transfer into the Honors College.
What is the History of Ideas?
Specific sections of academic courses that consist of a small batch of honors students that generally meet at a separate time in addition to their usual lecture to discuss further material
What is an Honors Section?
HON 394 courses taught by Barrett Honors Faculty. Topics of these courses can range greatly, as each course is based on the Honors Faculty’s area of expertise or passion.
What is an Honors Special Topic course?
This tool helps students determine their progress in earning Honors Credits.
What is the Honors DARS?
Students who begin Barrett in their first year of college are required to complete [blank #] honors credits.
What is 36?
Real-world courses on self-awareness (behaviors, values, strengths), leadership, career planning, entrepreneurship, success and happiness. You can earn up to 6 honors credits for these courses.
What are TW Lewis Center courses?
Travel and study in the United States and internationally while earning honors credits to add knowledge and awareness beyond just a basic university education.
What is Barrett Study Abroad?
The best person to ask if you need help with your Honors Credits. Name yours.
Who is my Honors Advisor?
Students who begin Barrett mid-way through their college careers are required to complete [blank #] honors credits.
What is 21?
As early as the first year in Barrett, students are able to secure these types of opportunities in multiple fields of study and earn honors credit for their work.
What is Undergraduate Research?
500+ level courses taken in undergrad that are automatically considered for honors credits.
What are Graduate Courses?
The TW Lewis Center offers several different types of courses. Name two of them.
What is Life Skills & Personal Finance, Self-Awareness & Career Success, Self-Awareness & Leadership, Multi-Disciplinary Entrepreneurship, Success, Happiness, Purpose & Meaning?
The culmination of Barrett students’ honors experience and their entire undergraduate education that is required for graduation.
What is the Honors Thesis/Creative Project?
An opportunity for students to earn honors credit while enhancing their learning outside of the classroom, gaining hands-on experience in their potential career path.
What is an Internship?
Barrett recognizes the extraordinary work Barrett students are doing as student leaders in the Barrett and ASU communities and thus awards honors credit for those serving in [blank].
What is Teaching Assistant and Peer Leadership?
There are several HON Special Topics Courses being offered this summer. Name one of them.
What is Country Boys & Girls: Gender Politics in Country Music, Life Skills & Personal Finance, Satire Unlimited, How to Survive the Apocalypse, and United States Gun Culture?