Honors Program
Courses
HNRS 200 Introduction to Honors Program 0-1 Credits
Offers intensive discussion of a subject of significant intellectual interest. Subjects vary from section to section and are meant to engage entering Honors students with one another under the guidance of Drexel's best faculty. Different sections may be taken for credit.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if classification is Freshman.
HNRS 201 Colloquium I 3.0 Credits
Explores some of the tensions between individualism and community. Recently offered topic: Exploring the State of Humanity: Assessing Contradictory Evidence, Weighing Intriguing Options.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 210 Mentorship I 1.0 Credit
Students will receive an overview of what it means to be a leader and how to support the first year student experience including: preparing for Honors Student Orientation, mentor programming and best practices.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 220 Mentorship II 1.0 Credit
Students will survey leadership models and explore topics including group dynamics, maintaining successful interpersonal relationships and conflict resolution.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 301 Honors Colloquium 3.0 Credits
This course provides a forum for students to engage with Drexel faculty and Visiting Scholars across a variety of topics and issues. These courses often combine multiple disciplines.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 302 The Symposium 3.0 Credits
The Symposium is an interdisciplinary course series sponsored by the Pennoni Honors College and is open to all students throughout Drexel. Its intent is to explore subjects of the broadest possible interest and greatest societal impact. Individual course topics will change from term to term, but each course focuses on developing in students the active skills of interdisciplinary inquiry: critical thinking, methodological creativity, synthesis of information across fields, communication and collaboration among disciplines, and application of knowledge.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 303 Honors Colloquium: Arts and Culture 3.0 Credits
This variable topics Honors colloquium draws upon creative, expressive, and/or cultural fields. This course provides a forum for students to engage with Drexel faculty and visiting scholars about issues pertaining to the fields of literature, art, creative expression, and cultural studies, among others, to promote critical intellectual reflection and exchange of ideas among students across different disciplines.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 304 Honors Colloquium: STEM 3.0 Credits
This variable topics Honors colloquium draws upon scientific, technological, and mathematical fields. This course provides a forum for students to engage with Drexel faculty and visiting scholars about issues pertaining to the fields of the natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, and technology, among others, to promote critical intellectual reflection and exchange of ideas among students across different disciplines.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 305 Honors Colloquium: Sociological and Behavior Studies 3.0 Credits
This variable topics Honors colloquium draws upon sociological and behavioral fields. This course provides a forum for students to engage with Drexel faculty and visiting scholars about issues pertaining to the fields of social systems, politics, psychological and behavioral sciences, among others, to promote critical intellectual reflection and exchange of ideas among students across different disciplines.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 306 Honors Colloquium: History and Philosophy 3.0 Credits
This variable topics Honors colloquium draws upon ethical, historical, and humanistic fields. This course provides a forum for students to engage with Drexel faculty and visiting scholars about issues pertaining to the fields of ethics and philosophy, history, and religion, among others, to promote critical intellectual reflection and exchange of ideas among students across different disciplines.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 307 Honors Colloquium: Business 3.0 Credits
This variable topics Honors colloquium draws upon business, management and financial fields. This course provides a forum for students to engage with Drexel faculty and visiting scholars to promote critical intellectual reflection and exchange of ideas among students across different disciplines.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 400 Honors Thesis Proposal Workshop 1.0 Credit
This course is the proposal workshop for students preparing to embark on their Honors thesis. Available to students who are pursuing Honors with Distinction.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 410 Mentorship Practicum I 1.0 Credit
Students will participate in the Honors Mentor Program and complete mentorship programming requirements that will support first year students through academic and social initiatives.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
Prerequisites: HNRS 210 [Min Grade: B]
HNRS 420 Mentorship Practicum II 1.0 Credit
Students will participate in the Honors Super Mentor Program and complete mentorship programming requirements that will support first year students through academic and social initiatives as well as initiatives to oversee other upperclassmen mentors.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
Prerequisites: HNRS 220 [Min Grade: B]
HNRS 430 Community Engagement 1.0-3.0 Credit
Students will explore community based initiatives and will unpack what community means to them in the context of Drexel, Philadelphia and the world around them.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
HNRS 499 Honors Thesis 3.0 Credits
Available to students who are pursuing Honors with Distinction.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
Prerequisites: HNRS 400 [Min Grade: B-]
HNRS I199 Independent Study in HNRS 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
HNRS I299 Independent Study in HNRS 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
HNRS I399 Independent Study in HNRS 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
HNRS I499 Independent Study in HNRS 0.0-12.0 Credits
Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
HNRS T180 Special Topics in HNRS 1.0-12.0 Credit
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
HNRS T280 Special Topics in HNRS 1.0-12.0 Credit
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
HNRS T380 Special Topics in HNRS 1.0-12.0 Credit
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
HNRS T480 Special Topics in HNRS 0.5-12.0 Credits
Topics decided upon by faculty will vary within the area of study.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 20 times for 60 credits
