Honors Program Course Offerings

Ebony Alden and Deborah Gentry

Many Honors courses will be taken as a cohort (group), which accounts for a portion of your credit load per semester. The layout of the Honors courses is as follows:

Year 1

Year 1/Semester 1
Honors Seminar I
Year 1/Semester 2
ENGL 102 and a Social/Business Sciences general education course (i.e., PSY 101)

Year 2

Year 2/Semester 1
COMM 101 and a Humanities/Fine Arts general education course (i.e., RELI 215, HUMA 101)
Year 2/Semester 2
Honors Seminar II and a Math/Sciences general education course (i.e., BIOL 114)

When an Honors student transfers to a four-year college or university, it is a goal to have all eight courses designated as Heartland Community College Honors on his or her transcript. In some case, such as if a student has completed a course through Heartland’s dual credit program, this may not be possible. Without exception, both Honors Seminar courses must be completed. The current Phi Theta Kappa curriculum theme will be woven into each course in some manner.

Honors Contract Course

A contract course means that you and the instructor of the course agree on a project you will do during the semester so that the course can be designated as an Honors course on your Heartland transcript. Learn more about contract courses.