Program Description

The SPU Honors Program is an accelerated alternative to the regular General Education curriculum for intellectually curious and academically motivated students at Seattle Pacific University. SPU Honors is also a close-knit community of students and faculty members committed to academic excellence in a spirit of dialogue, collaboration, and intellectual hospitality. We are guided by the key liberal arts question “What does it mean to be human?” and the foundational curricular values of interdisciplinarity, critical inquiry, equity, inclusion, and service.

Entering and Completing the Minor

• Students are required to formally apply for the minor and may do so at any time. 
• Acceptance is based upon the same standard of admission as the major.
• Students in the minor must complete all other Baccalaureate Degree requirements including Common Curriculum, Exploratory Curriculum, Foreign Language Competency, "W" Requirement, and CUE Requirement.
• Students must complete the minor requirements in effect in the SPU Undergraduate Catalog for the year of admittance to the minor.

Honors Liberal Arts Minor

30 Credits Minimum, Including 15 Upper Division (UD)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core Courses
HON 2000	Honors Core: Culture and Social Systems	5
HON 2100	Honors Core: Ethics and Critical Reasoning	5
HON 2200	Honors Core: History and Representation	5
HON 3000	Honors Core: Faith and Science	5
Section Credits Required		20
Advanced Honors Electives
ART 3605	Modern Art: Image and Power
ART 3606	Cross-Cultural Encounters
ART 3608	Issues in Contemporary Art and Visual Culture
ART 3611	Reading Images: An Introduction to Visual Studies
BIO 3000	Introduction to Biological Anthropology
BIO 3835	Theological Ecology
CLA 3100	Ancient Civilization
DAT 4500	Data and Society
EE 3520	Microgrids
EGR 3611	Appropriate and Sustainable Engineering I: Alternative Energy Systems
ENG 3348	Romantic Poetry and Fiction
ENG 3380	African Literature
ENG 3382	South Africa: Stages of Protest and Democracy
ENG 3383	Arab Spring: Gender, Islam, Democracy
ENG 4152	Modernist Literature
ENG 4162	Postmodern Literature
HIS 3358	Race, Sexuality, and Religion in Postwar Europe
HIS 3406	Christianity in America
HIS 3444	Humanitarianism: Promises and Problems
HIS/POL 3670	History of United States Foreign Relations
HIS 3750	Latin America
HIS 3788	Pandemics, Empire and Survival of Asia and the World
HON 3950	Honors Advanced Studies 2
ISD 3510	Monitoring and Evaluating Development Projects Programs
ISD 3520	Grant Writing for Government Non-Profit Agencies
LCL 3287	Mythology in Literature
LIN 3700	Philosophy of Language
NUR 3122	Professional Nursing 2
NUR 4153	Nursing Leadership in Community Engagement
NUR 4896	Transition to Practice Synthesis
PHI 3602	Medieval Philosophy
PHI 3633	Early Modern Philosophy
PHI 3700	Philosophy of Language
PHI 3999	Minds and Machines
PHY 3011	Global Climate Change: Scientific, Social and Moral Implications
POL 3330	Global Women's Issues
SJC 3380	African Literature
SJC 3382	South Africa: Stages of Protest and Democracy
SJC 3383	Arab Spring: Gender, Islam, Democracy
SOC 3650	Border Crossings: Immigrants, Refugees Dreamers
SOC 3750	Latin America
SOC 3862	Race and Ethnicity
SOC 4210	Gender in the Global Context
SOC 4252	Sociology of Family
SOC 4620	Sects, Cults, and Violence
SOC 4820	Sociology of Religion
THEO 3110	Torah/Pentateuch: The Old Testament Gospel
THEO 3210	Four Gospels and One Jesus
THEO 3303	Christianity in America
THEO 4720	Leadership in Society
Section Credits Required		10
Total Credits		30

¹

Honors minor students must complete all SPU General Education requirements in both the Exploratory and Common Curriculums in order to graduate.

²

Repeat to 10 credits or select from other electives

³

Active student-leadership is required to remain in the program (see Honors Director)