Students who successfully fulfill the requirements in a series of courses in a given field, will receive an Honors Curricular Track certificate upon graduation.  

BUSINESS TRACK

The required courses were chosen in part so that students majoring in any of the three largest degree programs of the AMS Department (AS in Business Administration, AAS in Business Management and AAS in Accounting) can participate in the program.

Honors Course	Course Code	Credits
Writing Through Literature	ENG102	3
Humanities Elective		3
Social Science Elective		3
Elementary Statistics I	MAT120	3  (MAT 200 or 201 may be substituted)
Principles of Accounting II	BTA112	4
Principles of Management	BTM103	3
Business Law I	BTM110	3
Total		22

Exceptions

Current students who have already taken any of these courses, or new students who have transfer credit for any of these courses, can substitute other honor courses at the discretion of the program director. In addition, students who do not want to participate in the full honors program can still take individual honors courses.

Additional requirements

• Successful completion of the Honors Freshman Seminar (for students entering the program during their first semester at the college)

• Leadership Project on campus or local community (collaborating with a student club, student organization or college program to implement a project that will benefit the student population, meet a goal in the college’s strategic plan, or that will connect the college to the local community)

• Must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.1 over two semesters to remain in the Program and have a minimum overall cumulative GPA of 3.2 to graduate with Honors Program designation.

• Regular meetings with the program director and/or assigned faculty mentor for advisement (at least twice a semester)

• A graduating essay (to be developed from research done in consultation with the director of the program)

HONORS LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULA TRACKS

• 3 credits of Honors English

• 3 credits of Honors Humanities

• 3 credits of Honors Social Science

• 3 credits of Honors ELA

• 3-4 credits of MAT120/MAT200/MAT201 (non-Honors course permitted)

• 4 credits SCB115 (non-Honors course permitted)*

• Minimum of 3 Honors elective courses with at least 8 credits**
  

HONORS STEM TRACKS:

General requirements:

• 2 Courses of Honors English, Honors Humanities, Honors Social Science or Honors ELA

• 5 Courses from MEC and Natural Sciences, as specified by discipline below:

Honors Engineering Track

• 2 Courses of Honors English, Honors Humanities, Honors Social Science or Honors ELA

Choose 5 Courses from MEC and Natural Sciences:

MAT 201: Calculus I
MAT 202: Calculus II
MAT 203: Calculus III
MAT 212: Linear Algebra and Vector Analysis for Engineers
MAE 101: Engineering Lab I
SCC 201: General Chemistry I
SCC 202: General Chemistry II
SCP 231: General Physics I
SCP232: General Physics II

23-27 Credits

Honors Computer Science Track

• 2 Courses of Honors English, Honors Humanities, Honors Social Science or Honors ELA

Choose 5 Courses from MEC and Natural Sciences:

MAT 201: Calculus I
MAT 202: Calculus II
MAT 203: Calculus III
MAC 101: Introduction to Computer Science
MAC 125: Advanced C/C++ Programming
MAT 231: Introduction to Discreet Mathematics
SCC 201: General Chemistry I
SCC 202: General Chemistry II
SCP 231: General Physics I
SCP232: General Physics II

20-23 Credits

Honors Environmental Science Track

• 2 Courses of Honors English, Honors Humanities, Honors Social Science or Honors ELA

Choose 5 Courses from MEC and Natural Sciences:

MAT 120: Elementary Statistics I
MAT 200: Pre-Calculus
SCB 201: Fundamentals of Biology I
SCB 202: Fundamentals of Biology II
SCC 201: General Chemistry I
SCC 202: General Chemistry II

25-26 Credits

` Honors Biology Track

• 2 Courses of Honors English, Honors Humanities, Honors Social Science or Honors ELA

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Choose 5 Courses from MEC and Natural Sciences:

MAT 200: Pre-Calculus
SCB 201: Fundamentals of Biology I
SCB 202: Fundamentals of Biology II

SCB 255: Cell Biology

SCB 257 Genetics
SCC 201: General Chemistry I
SCC 202: General Chemistry II

26 Credits

Honors electives:

• Liberal Arts A.S. with a Mathematics concentration: minimum of 3 Honors elective courses with at least 8 credits**

• Liberal Arts A.S. with Science concentration: minimum of 1 Honors elective course with at least 2 credits**

  *Honors students who meet the prerequisites for a 200-level NAS course directly can substitute one of these for SCB115 with permission of the NAS Chairperson and the Honors Program Director.

• Honors CEP201

• Honors CIS

• Honors Communication Skills

• Honors LIB200

• Honors Urban Studies

• Honors LRC102