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Course Descriptions
Courses with the above icons fulfill Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) General Education Core Requirements.
HONR 101: Honors Seminar I
Prerequisite: Admission to Heartland Community College Honors Program. This course will introduce students to college life at HCC as an honors student with an emphasis on critical thinking, problem solving, oral and written communication, and understanding diversity in a global context. The course will also afford students a chance to engage in academic work outside the formal classroom such as community service, service learning, field trips, or other similar experiences. Finally, this course will give students an opportunity to explore specific, timely, complex, and cross-disciplinary course content as determined by the instructor and influenced by the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society of the Two Year College study topics. 3 HRS
HONR 201: Honors Seminar II
Prerequisite: Admission into HCC Honors Program and sophomore standing. Through classroom and a variety of individualized experiences, this course will give honors students at HCC the opportunity to design, create, and publicly present original work that reflects their understanding of what it means to be an educated person, a scholar, and a responsible citizen. The course requires a final presentation that demonstrates a synthesis of the student’s experiences in the Honors Program and their learning about themselves, their discipline, and the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society of the Two Year College’s study topic relevant to their time in the program. 3 HRS
