Types of Honors Courses

1. A two-semester Pathways to Honors experience is required of all incoming first-year Honors students.
2. Special Honors courses open only to Honors students count as part of the student’s Baccalaureate Experience requirements. These limited-enrollment courses are separate from the regular curriculum offerings and are designated “Honors Courses” in the class schedule.
3. Honors enrichment tutorials are regular classes, usually in the student’s major, that become tutorials through an agreement with the professor. In addition to regular class attendance, each student meets on a weekly or bi-weekly basis in the professor’s office to discuss the enriched learning component one on one.
4. Each Honors student is offered the opportunity to create an Honors independent study course, which may serve as preparation for an Honors Senior Thesis or which may augment an Honors Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
5. Honors students may receive credit for Oxford University semesters, and Washington internships and seminars.
6. Honors courses and tutorials must be taken for a grade and cannot be taken pass/fail, with the exception of internships.