Honors Courses

• HNPG016 or HNPG017 or HNPG018

  Ignition Seminars: Students engage in close discussion and learning with faculty and peers. Designed to ignite the mind by covering a variety of subjects from an interdisciplinary perspective. May satisfy breadth requirement (HNPG016: Humanities; HNPG017: Social Science; HNPG018: Humanities or Social Science), check with your academic advisor.

• RLST012H or ETST012H

  Religious Myths & Rituals: Honors specific course that can satisfy ethnic studies requirement (check with your academic advisor). Students will explore religious myths and rituals in depth.

• HIST010H or HIST015H or HIST020H

  World History: Honors specific course that can satisfy world history requirement (check with your academic advisor). Students will explore ancient history in depth.

• HNPG002W & WRIT040X

  Principles of Civic Engagement: Focuses on civic engagement with student exploring contemporary issues in society and the City of Riverside and how to approach them from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course is a Writing Across the Curriculum course that will satisfy the WRIT030 or WRIT030S writing requirement. If you are pre-med, contact the Health Professions Advising Center for additional information. Please note that students enrolled in HNPG002W are also required to enroll in the designated WRIT040X workshop section in order to satisfy the WRIT030 or WRIT030S requirement. While students are required to concurrently enroll in a WRIT040X workshop with HNPG002W, students are not required to attend WRIT040X workshop every week. Students are asked to attend a certain number workshops and are able to select the workshops they wish to attend, at a time that fits their particular schedule. WRIT040X is offered through the University Writing Program, in conjunction with the HNPG002W course offered through University Honors. If you have questions about WRIT040X, please contact them here.

• HNPG149

  Introduction to the Capstone: An online asynchronous course that introduces student to the capstone experience as directed by the Honors Faculty Director. Covers effective networking, identifying and contacting a faculty-mentor, emotional intelligence/imposter syndrome, capstone planning, proposal writing, human subjects requirements, and successful completion of University Honors. At the conclusion of this course, students should have successfully identified and secured a faculty-mentor along with a brief description of the capstone project they will be pursuing. Course is 1 unit and graded S/NC with a satisfactory grade required to enroll in HNPG150.

• HNPG150

  Research & Creative Activity Across the Disciplines: Structured with workshops aimed at giving students tools and resources to further develop, solidify and pursue their capstone project. If feasible, it is recommended that students enroll in a section that aligns most closely with their capstone content. Course will emphasize the process of capstone discovery and development and how to respond to challenges during this process. Course is 3 units and students will receive a letter grade. A D- or better is required to enroll in HNPG198H.

• HNPG198H

  Junior Honors Research: This is the first one unit research course taken by University Honors students to document the students' progress on their capstone immediately following successful completion of HNPG150 in the Winter Quarter. Students will work on their capstone independently with their faculty-mentor during this time, while submitting assignments reflective of that progress on the HNPG198H course platform. This course is not associated with a lecture or discussion, but rather functions as a research unit that students receive credit for as they work on their capstone. Following successful completion of HNPG198H, students must enroll in one unit of HNPG199H each quarter until their capstone project and proof of oral presentation is submitted and approved. Course is 1 unit and students will receive a letter grade. A D- or better is required to enroll in HNPG199H.

• HNPG199H

  Senior Honors Research: Similar to HNPG198H, this course is intended to document progress toward completion of a faculty-mentored capstone project. Students will continue to work on their capstone independently with their faculty-mentor during this time, while submitting assignments reflective of that progress on the HNPG199H course platform. This course is not associated with a lecture or discussion, but rather functions as a research unit that students receive credit for as they work on their capstone. Students will typically take this course once each quarter until they graduate and submit their capstone. As long as a student makes satisfactory progress in each unit of HNPG199H prior to capstone submission, they will receive an "IP" for this course, which stands for "In Progress" (IP). In the last quarter that a student takes this course and submits their capstone on the HNPG199H platform, a letter grade will then be assigned to each unit of HNPG199H that student has taken. Non-completion/non-submission of the Honors capstone will result in an "F" for each unit. Completion/submission of a capstone will typically result in an "A" for each unit, although it is possible to receive a lower grade. All students are required to take at least 3 units of HNPG199H regardless of graduation quarter.

• Elective Courses

  Honors elective courses are Honors versions of pre-existing UCR courses (ex. SOC 001H vs. SOC 001). While in an Honors section students attend lecture with the UCR population enrolled in the course. Discussion section for the course will be strictly Honors and will be led by the faculty of record for the course instead of a teaching assistant. Discussion section enrollment is limited to 15-20 students providing a smaller class size. Honors electives are optional. Students may find a listing of current elective offerings via Current Honors Course Offerings.