The Honors core is made up of both Honors classes and Honors requirements.
Requirements are courses available to the general student body.
Honors classes are courses reserved for Honors students and make up about half of the Honors core curriculum and about fifteen percent of an Honors student's total coursework. 193 explore a range of literary genres, including the novel, and write a series of essays. The non-Honors equivalent is a traditional composition class, generally taught be advanced graduate students. This course provides a broad overview of basic intellectual concepts and their historical context. 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communication introduces students to the theoretical and practical applications of human communication.