The Honors seminar is a 2000-level interdisciplinary course that highlights the relationship between the humanities, social sciences and STEM fields and features guest lectures by faculty across disciplines. The Honors Seminar is required for all Honors College students. Students read primary and secondary sources on the topic and complete numerous writing assignments, including a research paper. The HON 2000 course satisfies one three-credit humanities (HU) elective, and the HON 2001 course satisfies one three-credit social science (SS) elective. The Honors Research and Honors Special Topics courses are offered by academic units and require instructor and/or academic unit head/chair approval.

Honors sections of core and elective courses offer distinct approaches to the material and require students to explore issues and problems in depth. Such courses are often discussion-oriented rather than lectures and involve research projects to facilitate the analysis, synthesis and understanding of scholarly work.

Honors options allow faculty to add requirements to non-Honors courses or sections. Honors options can be added to any course although options are ideal for upper-level electives. The student and faculty member submit a contract outlining the additional work for the course. The contract must be submitted to and approved by the Honors College administrators at the beginning of the semester.