Cook Honors College Requirements: 24
(1) HNRC 101 , HNRC 102 , and HNRC 201 replace Liberal Studies requirements for Composition I (ENGL 101 ), and three humanities courses (ENGL 121 ; HIST 196 , HIST 197 , or HIST 198 ; and either RLST 100 or PHIL 120), and one fine arts course (either ARHI 101 /MUHI 101 /THTR 101 or DANC 102 ). In addition, students who complete honors units offered by social science departments will receive Liberal Studies social science credits for the appropriate corresponding departmental course.
(2) HNRC 202 replaces Liberal Studies requirements for either one non-laboratory science and one social science or two non-laboratory sciences or two social sciences, depending on the units selected.
(3) Departmental honors courses (H-designated courses) count toward the total number of honors credits required for Cook Honors College graduation. Students are also encouraged to complete an undergraduate thesis. Students may enroll for thesis credit by completing the necessary approval forms and scheduling HNRC 483 honors thesis/independent study or, in some departments, by scheduling a departmental honors thesis course
(4) Students are required to do at least one of the following experiential components: study abroad, internship, honors thesis, or independent study. In the absence of a suitable cocurricular experience, an additional graduate course may be substituted. This requirement may or may not be a credit-bearing experience.