Courses offered in the Honors College under the UHON subject code use a unique grading system. Students receive grades of A, CR, NC, and I. This grading system is designed to encourage students to broaden their general education by challenging themselves and taking courses outside their areas of specialty. Under this system students may be rewarded for superior performance (A) but not penalized for ordinary, satisfactory performance (CR) or for failure to complete the seminar or do poorly (NC). The program is designed to offer intellectual challenge, and students are expected to achieve at their highest levels; at the same time, competition for high grades is minimized. Taking Honors seminars under this grading system does not cancel the right of students to elect other University of New Mexico courses on a Credit/No Credit basis up to a maximum of 24 credit hours. In addition, Honors faculty provide individual written evaluations of each student in their seminars. These evaluations are kept in the student’s confidential, personal file. Students are encouraged to review their evaluations and write a response to an evaluation if they disagree.
The faculty of the University of New Mexico offers the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts to high achieving students in the Honors College. This baccalaureate degree program provides the opportunity for students in the Honors College to develop a broad-based and flexible interdisciplinary liberal arts education. The B.A. in Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts provides students with a foundation in social and behavioral studies, physical and natural sciences, humanities, communications, mathematics, and fine arts and allows students to focus on a specific area of interdisciplinary study.
Students majoring in the Honors College have the opportunity to discover connections among disciplines and analyze and evaluate primary and complex texts across diverse genres and styles and from different historical periods. They perform research and produce original work that integrates ideas and methods from different disciplines and learn to adapt to new environments and developing technologies. Students are expected to have intercultural knowledge and competence and develop personal and social responsibility, including civic knowledge and engagement—local and global.
All majors for the B.A. in Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts degree must be admitted to the Honors College and maintain a 3.5 cumulative GPA. The students develop a program of study approved by the Honors College Degree Committee. The following are required:
The Interdisciplinary Studies minor is intended to complement, broaden and enhance a student's educational choices while at UNM. Academic standards for the minor are rigorous. Students who complete a minor in Interdisciplinary Studies are expected to produce original work that integrates ideas and methods from different disciplines, to analyze and evaluate foundational and primary works, to gain knowledge of diverse cultures and to acquire civic knowledge and apply ethical reasoning.
The Honors College designation is awarded to Honors College students who do not earn a major or minor in the Honors College, but who gain an Honors experience by completing a program of Honors coursework. Students who complete the requirements for the designation are expected to produce work that integrates ideas and methods from different disciplines, to analyze and evaluate foundational and primary works and to demonstrate strong skills in written and oral communication.
At least 9 credit hours must be completed in Honors College (UHON) courses. Up to 6 credit hours in Honors courses offered by other units may be used to satisfy designation requirements.
UHON 121-122. Freshman University Honors Seminar. (3 to a maximum of 9 ?)
UNIV 199. Concurrent Enrollment Seminar. (1-3, no limit ?)
UHON 201. Rhetoric and Discourse. (3)
UHON 202. Mathematics in the World. (3)
UNIV 203. Science in the 21st Century. (4)
UNIV 204. The Individual and the Collective. (3)
UNIV 205. Humanities in Society and Culture. (3)
UNIV 207. Fine Art as Global Perspective. (3)
UHON 211L-212L. University Honors Seminar Lab. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 ?)
UHON 221-222. Sophomore University Honors Seminar. (3, 3, no limit ?)
UHON 235. Seminar: University Honors Program. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 ?)
UHON 299. Individual Study. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 ?)
UHON 301--302. Honors Seminar. (3, 3, no limit ?)
UHON 311L-312L. University Honors Seminar Lab. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 ?)
UHON 324-324L. Natural History of the Southwest. (4)
UHON 399. Individual Study. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 ?)
UHON 401-402. Honors Seminar. (3, 3, no limit ?)
UHON 490. Senior Reading and Research in Honors. (3)
UHON 491. Senior Honors Thesis. (3)
UHON 492. Senior Teaching Preparation. (3)
UHON 493. Honors Senior Teaching. (3)
UHON 495. Senior Colloquium. (3)
UHON 496. Seminar Service-Learning. (3)
UNIV 498. Individual Experiential Study. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 ?)
UNIV 499. Individual Study. (1-3 to a maximum of 6 ?)
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