Honors Courses & Checklists | Iona University
Degree conferral will only happen when you have completed all degree categories, including Honors Core (56-57 credits), major, and at least 120 credits or more. Make sure that your advisers have reviewed with you all records of your previous college-level work (i.e. AP exams and college transcripts).
Consult with your Honors adviser, your departmental adviser and the College Catalog for details concerning graduation.
Honors Core (20 credits)
- Fall Freshman Year: HON 101
- Spring Freshman Year: HON 102, HON 109
- Fall Sophomore Year: HON 201
- Spring Sophomore Year: HON 202
- Fall Junior Year: HON 401
- Fall Senior Year: HON 402
Social Science Sequence (6 credits)
Select two (2) courses from the following options:
- ECO 201
- ECO 202
- POL 201
- POL 203
- PSY 201
- PSY 202
- SOC 101
- SOC 102
Upper-Level Courses (9 credits)
Select three (3) courses from the following options, from different departments:
- BUS 410
- ENG 300+
- HST 300+
- RST 300+
- PHL 300+
- ECO 300+
- POL 300+
- PSY 300 +
- SOC 300 +
Math, Science And Technology (12-13 credits)
- BIO 101, CHM 109, PHY 101 or BIO 125
- MTH 231
- CS 201
Fine And Performing Arts (3 credits)
- FPA 200+
World Languages (6-credit sequence, as advised)*
- Two (2) courses of one (1) language
*Students seeking to take their high school language must be placed according to skill level and may NOT take intro level of the high school language and receive credit.
AP exams in French, German, Spanish and Latin (not Virgil), with a score of 3 or better, may be used to fulfill this requirement.