International

To qualify for this distinction, students must:

• Maintain the required honors GPA on all college work attempted in the United States or abroad.
• Develop and complete an honors project (499) that has shows active engagement with global issues such as an:
  • Increased awareness of international issues
  • Understanding of global interdependence
  • Demonstration of global citizenship
• Proposals must be reviewed by the Office of International Programs and Honors College. Application is done through an online survey.
• Earn at least 6 student credit hours in a UNCW-approved education abroad program.
• Complete at least the 202 level, or equivalent, of a foreign language with a C or better grade.
• Complete at least one HON seminar with global content.
• Check with the director for approval.
• Complete nine additional hours of 3-credit hour courses with global content with a C or better in each.
• These classes may be selected from courses approved for the International Studies major or minor, or from the University Studies courses approved for global content. At least two disciplinary areas must be represented.

Iceland, Costa Rica and Denmark

Dr. Rampe, a counselor in UNCW's Counseling Center, teaches a course on happiness each spring. Students explore multiple dimensions of happiness:

• Sociological
• Physical
• Spiritual
• Societal
• Community-based

At the conclusion of courses each May, students travel for 7-10 days to one of the happiest countries in the world. Past trips have included Iceland, Costa Rica and Denmark* and domestic trips in the Appalachian Mountains.

*Denmark has been canceled by COVID but hopefully soon to be rescheduled