Honors Program Creighton University College of Arts & Sciences

Mission Rooted in the university’s Christian, Catholic, and Jesuit traditions, Its goal is to foster a community committed to the ongoing education of students and faculty members as fellow seekers for truth. The program seeks individuals of all faiths and backgrounds who are intelligent, well prepared academically, highly motivated, and academically adventurous. The curriculum immerses these students in an academically rigorous but flexible program of study guided by a faculty mentor who is charged with paying special attention to the personal dimension of learning.

Admission Criteria ACT composite score of at least 29 or SAT score of 1360 High School G.P.A. of at least 3.7. Honors Program Application Form Application Essays Honors Résumé

Academic Advantages Priority Registration Tuition waivers for over 18 credits Small, discussion- based classes Honors advisors to supplement major advisors

Curriculum Foundational Sequence (9 credits) in their first three semesters that introduce them to the Christian, Catholic, and Jesuit intellectual traditions that lie at the heart of a Creighton education within the context of Western civilization and of the pluralistic world we inhabit. HRS100: Intellectual Beginnings HRS101: The Rise of the West HRS200: The Modern World

Curriculum (continued) Sources and Methods Courses (15-20 credits) that induce students to think critically about information, assumptions, and arguments found in multiple forms of academic and cultural discourse. Several such courses will be offered each semester in a range of academic disciplines

Curriculum (continued) Capstone Course. Honors students will be required to take a capstone course, normally a Senior Perspectives Course.

Curriculum (continued) Independent Research Project. Honors students will be required to demonstrate their capacity for advanced, self- directed, individual work by completing an approved project within their major(s). They will undertake these projects under the guidance of assigned faculty mentors and present their findings during a campus-wide “Honors Day.”

Mentoring & Learning Plan Individualized Learning Plans are developed by Honors students in close consultation with a faculty mentor. Learning Plans integrate students’ backgrounds and interests with the strengths and Mission of the University and their College. Their Learning Plans are reviewed and approved by their faculty mentors and by the Program Director. Students complete a Portfolio based on the Learning Objectives of the college.

Social Dimension Develop and administer own voluntary community service projects Plan and conduct annual retreats for freshman and senior HRS students Shared housing for freshmen (Swanson 9 th floor) Honors common room, library, and study room

Learning Objectives Communicate clearly and effectively in written, spoken, mathematical, and artistic languages: Written Language (incl. Foreign Languages) Spoken Language (incl. Foreign Languages) Mathematical Language Artistic Language Suggested Guidelines

Learning Objectives Think critically about information, assumptions, and arguments found in multiple forms of academic and cultural discourse SAM Courses SRP Course Suggested Guidelines

Learning Objectives Integrate broad and diverse learning with at least one individually chosen academic discipline or professional field Major (s) Minor (s) Senior Independent Research Project

Learning Objectives Appreciate the Christian, Catholic, and Jesuit intellectual traditions in the context of historical, cultural, and spiritual concerns HFS Courses Suggested Guidelines

Learning Objectives Apply a reasoned approach to effective decision-making according to sound and coherent ethical principles HFS courses SAM courses Independent Research Suggested Guidelines

Learning Objectives Relate an active commitment to learning, truth, and justice to a life of service and to the development of the global community SRP Course Service

Advising Guidelines 3 Foundational Sequence Courses (HFS) 5 Sources & Methods Courses (SAM) 1 Capstone Course Independent Research within Major Honors Day presentation Suggested Guidelines 16 Upper Level Courses 128 Total Credits Student Portfolio

Honors Advising Freshman RSP 104 HFS IFall Semester HFS 2Spring Semester SAM C1Spring Semester Sophomore HFS 3Fall Semester SAM C2Spring Semester

Honors Advising Junior SAM C3 SAM C4 HRS 497 Study Abroad? Senior SAM C5 HRS 497 SRP Honors Day Presentation

Suggested Guidelines Fine Arts (3) Foreign Language (3) History (6) Literature (6) Mathematics (3) Natural Science (7) Philosophy (6) Social Science (6) Theology (6)

SAM Courses The Epistemology of Political Science Research in the Writing of Poetry Fuzzy Math Logic Noncitizens in Democratic Athens Intelligence - Multiple Perspectives Organization Learning: Finding Your Place in the World Writing Our Lives: Identity and Culture in Personal Writing The Theology of Medieval Women Philosophy and Economics: Method and Horizon of Discourse Metaphysics of Film Graph Theory Godel, Escher, Bach European Literary Modernism This View of Life - Evolutionary Biology Imagination to Invention American Identity in the World European Metropolis 1900 Animals, Persons, and Ethics

For additional information Contact: Isabelle D. Cherney Dept. of Psychology, HLS 321, #1228 Shari Stenberg Dept. of English, Hitchcock 212a, #2523

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