Every semester, Honors offers a host of intellectually stimulating and culturally relevant courses. Please scroll through the options below to learn more.
HON 110
Honors 110 is a 3-credit college-preparatory course, similar to UNI 101, that is required for all of our first-year freshmen to take. This course is only offered in the Fall semester and covers a broad variety of things you will need to know at UNCW: from how the Randall Library research system works to the vast array of study abroad trips you will be able to take. These courses, unlike most UNI 101, are theme; themes change by year.
HON 120/121
HON 121 Honors Enrichment Seminar: Explorations Beyond the Classroom (1 credit hour)
Students study a specialty topic and participate in a variety of related enrichment activities outside the classroom.
May include travel or field site experience as a component (121).
1 unit minimum of HON 120/121/191 are required for all Honors students.
May be repeated under different subtitles.
Examples:
The Story of Wilmington through Archives and Museums
Students may repeat this course under different subtitles
HON 191
HON 191 Introduction to Research and Discovery (1 credit hour)
Designed for first- and second-year students who want to jump-start their engagement in research and scholarly work in their likely major area.
HON 191 is open to all UNCW students and is typically offered in the spring semester. The focus of the class is to refine library and other research-related skills, develop a resume, seek out faculty who may become mentors, and interview juniors and seniors engaged in undergraduate research already.
Effective Spring 2020 and onward, HON 191 may be substituted for the HON 120/121 requirements for students.
HON 210
HON 210 Honors Topical Interdisciplinary Seminar (3 credit hours)
An in-depth investigation of a special topic using the approaches of several disciplines; might be team-taught. Topics and approaches vary.
Examples:
HIV/AIDS in Culture (team taught with PBH and THR)
Consumer Culture and Shopping Society
Agar Agar Art
A Happy Ever After? The Grimm's Fairy Tales and Their Adaptations
Students may repeat this course under different subtitles.
HON 211
HON 211 Topical Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar: Living in Our Diverse Nation (3 credit hours)
An in-depth investigation of a special topic related to the theme “Living in Our Diverse Nation” using the approaches of several disciplines; may be team-taught. Topics and approaches vary.
Examples:
Sports and Social Justice
Exploring Eastern and Western Conceptions of Self
Students may repeat this course under different subtitles. Course satisfies "Living in Our Diverse Nation" requirement.
HON 212
HON 212 Topical Interdisciplinary Honors Seminar: Living in a Global Society (3 credit hours)
An in-depth investigation of a special topic related to the theme “Living in a Global Society” using the approaches of several disciplines; may be team-taught. Topics and approaches vary.
Examples:
Writing in Action Across Cultures
Forced Migration and Refugees (Trip to Oxford, UK May 2023)
Comparative Invasions of America: French, English, and Spanish (1500-1620)
US Latino Economy: Purchasing Power, Trends, and the Impact of Remittances in the State of Oaxaca (trip to Oaxaca, Mexico in May 2024)
Voices of the City: Narrative, History and Memory in Wilmington and Paris (trip to Paris, France in March 2024)
Students may repeat this course under different subtitles.
Course satisfies University Studies II: Approaches and Perspectives/Living in a Global Society.
