What are Honors Courses?

Honors courses are more rigorous courses offered in our common core physics, chemistry, and computing.

Who takes Honors Courses?

Students who are strongly interested in Chemical Engineering or Engineering Physics are those most likely to take honors courses. No major requires honors courses; honors courses are optional.

You can compare course descriptions for the honors courses and their general equivalent courses in the Courses of Study. If you plan to take an honors course, expect that it will take a considerable amount of your time and focus during the semester.

Common Honors Courses


Course	Prerequisite/Corequisite
CHEM 2150: Honors General Chemistry	Prerequisite: CHEM 2090: Engineering General Chemistry & CHEM 2091: Engineering General Chemistry Laboratory
PHYS 1116: Mechanics and Special Relativity (instead of PHYS 1112)	Prerequisite: Math 1910; AP credit for PHYS 1112 strongly recommended. Corequisite: PHYS 1110: Introduction to Experimental Physics Lab
PHYS 2217: Electricity and Magnetism (instead of PHYS 2213)	Prerequisite: PHYS 1116 or very strong performance in PHYS 1112, and Math 1920
CS 2112: Honors Object-Oriented Design and Data Structures (instead of CS 2110)	Prerequisite: Previous experience with Java