Honors (HNRS)

An orientation to the pursuit of academic excellence at LMU and to the opportunities and expectations students will encounter in the University Honors Program.

An introduction to the various modes of philosophical inquiry and to the great philosophical questions that are central to a humanistic education in the Catholic intellectual tradition, taught in small, seminar-style course sections.

A historical, literary, and social exploration of theological images of creation and the divine.

An orientation to the practice of research (and creative activity), including the formulation by the student of a problem worthy of in-depth study and the public exhibition of the student's work.

An exploration of both the unfamiliar past and the processes by which the world of the present was created, taught in smaller, seminar-style course sections.

An exploration of the methods of inquiry used in science, engineering, and/or mathematics, taught in smaller, seminar-style course sections.

A colloquium built that seeks to bring to life the research process from prior colloquia through a series of curated public talks by LMU faculty. This course prepares students to engage in original research and creative work in the Honors Thesis.

An alternative pathway for the junior-level Honors colloquium for students interested in pursuing a funded fellowship through the Office of National and International Fellowships (ONIF). Honors students in their first or second year may petition to work with ONIF to submit a funded fellowship application. Upon completion of the ONIF practicum and submission of the fellowship application, students are awarded credit for the course, which also fulfills the HNRS 3000 requirement.

An exploration of the study of multiple literary forms such as poetry, plays, fiction, literary non-fiction, and films, introducing students to the formal and technical features of literary texts as well as their connections to historical, social, philosophical, theological, and scientific issues, taught in smaller, seminar-style course sections.

Completion of a portfolio demonstrating satisfactory fulfillment of the requirements for University Honors, including the submission of the final Honors undergraduate thesis or capstone project and documented attempt at disseminating this work at the Undergraduate Research Symposium or an external disciplinary conference.

An exploration of moral problems through the study of ethics, considering select issues in social justice, science and technology, business and society, medicine and bioethics, or media and responsibility.

The preparation, research, and publication of the Honors Thesis. It may be fulfilled through a thesis/capstone/senior project in the major at the discretion of the Honors Assistant Director.