Courses offered in summer terms can be found in the Summer Sessions Bulletin. Students are advised to check with the General Honors Program Director regarding a specific course being offered. Students will be introduced to both the University and the Appalachian community, and to their many academic, cultural, and co-curricular resources and opportunities. The class is interdisciplinary and includes a variety of typical honors experiences, such as critical reading, graded writing, oral presentation, and library research. Students will have the opportunity to learn to contribute effectively to, and benefit from, all aspects of University Honors.
Enrollment is limited to selected honors-qualified applicants only.
Carries general elective credit. Advanced undergraduate honors students will assist with instruction. Students who enroll are strongly encouraged to take at least one other honors course during the same semester. A study of the diversity of human culture, its sources, and its consequences for human behavior and human organization. A study of major figures in history, emphasizing their relationships to the historical and cultural conditions of their times.