Honors courses emphasize developing analytical skills, scholarly growth, and intellectual curiosity. Honors courses stress individual responsibility for learning. They usually focus on analysis, because faculty expect Honors scholars to go beyond simple facts. Honors faculty are also likely to be innovative, creative, and even daring in their teaching methods. Honors cookout at a faculty member's home.
Honors classes are usually smaller than their gened equivalants.
And you'll get to know your Honors faculty very well. Honors courses replace core curriculum courses that you have to take anyway. Instead of taking Old Testament Survey, for example, you take Honors Old Testament Survey.