The Honors Humanities minor is an interdisciplinary engagement of the fundamental questions of human existence for the purpose of contextualizing and enriching one’s studies in a particular academic discipline.

Admission to the Honors Humanities minor is limited to students who have enrolled in the Mary C. Dodd Honors program. Mary C. Dodd Honors students must complete all of the CAS general education requirements for graduation with a bachelor’s degree. Many of the courses in the Honors Humanities minor may be applied toward certain CAS general education requirements. Successful completion of the Honors Humanities minor is a requirement for graduation from IWU as a Mary C. Dodd Honors Student. Students must maintain a 3.5 cumulative GPA and a 3.0 GPA in their coursework in the Honors Humanities minor.

Honors Humanities Minor (21-23 credits)

Christian Liberal Learning and Life Calling (9 credits)

HNR-170 LLLC Seminar I: What Is Truth? 3

HNR-475 LLLC Capstone: How Then Shall We Live? 3

Choose at least one of the following courses:

HNR-270 LLLC Seminar III: What Is Humanity? 3

HNR-277 LLLC Seminar IV: What Is Beauty? 3

HNR-375 LLLC Seminar V: Who is our Neighbor? 3

Interdisciplinary Humanities (8 credits)

HNR-180 Foundations of Christian Tradition 3

Choose at least five credits from the following courses:

HNR-185 Rhetoric and the Sacramental Imagination 3

HNR-280 Wisdom, Culture, and Justice Through the Ages I 3

HNR-310 Honors Colloquia 1 to 3

HNR-380 Wisdom, Culture, and Justice Through the Ages II 3

HNR-385 Great Texts in Context 3

Honors Practica in Christian Calling (0-1 credits)

HNR-130 Honors Practicum in Christian Calling I: Practices of the Faithful - Called to Love 0 to 1

Honors Scholarship Research Requirement

In addition to taking HNR-499, students must choose between:

Option 1

Take 4-5 credits from the following courses:

HNR-350 Honors Seminar in Faith and Scholarship 1 to 3

HNR-497 Honors Scholarship Project I 1 to 3

HNR-498 Honors Scholarship Project II 1 to 3

MAT-490 Math Senior Seminar 2

MUS-490 Senior Seminar 2

NUR-336 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice 3

REL-490 Practical Theology Capstone 1

SOC-482 Social Research 3

Option 2

Take 4 credits from the following courses:

HNR-350

One or two of the following:

ART-491 Capstone: Business Practices 3

ATR-231 Advanced Athletic Training 2

ATR-495 Athletic Training Practicum IV 1

BIO-495 Research in Biology 0 to 4

CHE-495 Research in Chemistry 1 to 4

CIS-492 Senior Project II 2

COM-480 Communications Senior Seminar II 3

DES-405 Capstone: Studio 3

ECO-498 Economics Seminar - Research 2

ECO-499 Economics Seminar - Presentation 1

ENG-481 English Capstone 3

EXS-485 Senior Research Seminar I 2

EXS-486 Senior Research Seminar II 1

HST-450 History Research Seminar 3

MKG-424 Strategic Marketing 3

PHY-495 Research in Physics 1 to 4

POL-471 Political Science/International Relations Capstone 3

PHO 490 Senior Thesis Project 3

PSY-355 Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences 3

SPA-470 Spanish Capstone 3

TSL-471 Research Seminar 2

WRI-481 Writing Capstone 3

The Honors Scholarship Project (Research, Service Learning, Creative) is completed over the course of two semesters. Students decide with their faculty mentors how the 3-credit requirement will be distributed across the two semesters. Students may petition to pursue an HSP of more than 3 credits (up to 6 credits). If a student’s disciplinary major includes a research capstone experience, the HSP will overlap with this project. If not, the HSP will still apply as an upper-divisional elective within a student’s disciplinary major.