Honors Program

The Honors Program at Eastern Washington University offers unique curriculum for freshmen, transfer students, and upper-division students. 

Freshman Sequence

Honors offers freshman a sequence of three interdisciplinary courses:

• HONS 101 The Ancient World (fall quarter) - satisfies 1 Humanities and 1 Social Science GECR
• HONS 102 The Middle Ages through the Reformation (winter quarter) - satisfies 1 Humanities and 1 Social Science GECR
• HONS 103 Modern Science and Society (spring quarter) - satisfies 1 Social Science and with HONS 104 Natural Science Lab counts as 1 Natural Science GECR

These courses are limited to 25 students per section and satisfy 6 of the General Education Core Requirements (GECR).

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Upper Division Departmental Honors

For sophomores and above, there are Honors cross-listed courses in a wide variety of disciplines. Courses listed here. Some satisfy specific requirements, review EagleNET carefully. For example,

HONS 450 Cultural Ecology - satisfies the International Studies requirement.

Final Course grades below 3.3 are not accepted for Honors credit.

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Transfer Students

The Transfer Honors Program provides incoming transfer students with a renewable $3,000 scholarship and requires participation in one Fall Honors course, Hons 301-01, Classical Ethics & Rhetoric.

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