Honors Program Courses

The Drake University Honors Program is open to students from all academic departments and undergraduate programs.

The Honors program offers a variety of courses each semester. Most of these courses are cross listed with departments and programs across the university, and must be approved by the Honors Advisory Board. Approved Honors courses must be interdisciplinary, discussion-based, and reading and writing intensive. Occasionally "Honors-only" courses are offered that are open only to Honors students. Honors courses are enrollment capped at 20 students in order to facilitate discussion-based pedagogy, and more importantly, to promote student engagement and learning.

Below is information about Honors course offerings and categories. Please refer to the course catalog listings for semester/term specific course information. Information in the Registration system supersedes information you will find here.

Honors Program interdisciplinary cross listed courses are offered with the following suggested class enrollment provisions in mind:

Numbering	Recommended Audience
001-049	first-year students
050-099	first-year students, sophomores, juniors and seniors
101-149	sophomores, junior and seniors (first-year students when seats are available)
150-199	juniors and seniors (sophomores by permission of instructor)

Please see the individual course information for specific enrollment restrictions in the course catalog. To register for an Honors cross listed course, students should search for the course attribute "Honors Track Elective" in the Registration or Course Schedules system

Honors specific and Honors-only courses follow a similar numbering system and are as follows:

Numbering	Honors (all courses Honors-only unless indicated)
HONR 001	Honors Foundations; first-year students*
HONR 100	Paths to Knowledge; second semester sophomores preferred* (required for Honors track)
HONR 101	Foundations II
HONR 196	Honors Research; sophomores, junior and seniors
HONR 197	Honors Senior Thesis Research Seminar**
HONR 198	Honors Independent Study
HONR 199	Honors Senior Thesis (required for University Honors designation)
	^Honors students prioritized ^*May substitute for HONR 199

Honors students may register for (almost) any HONR course, but enrollments may be restricted by student year, major, and/or course instructor approval.