The Honors Program – Transfer Curriculum

Transfer students with more than 60 transfer credits may be eligible for the Honors Program – Transfer Curriculum. The program is an intellectually rigorous course of study, offering an advanced study and independent research. Class sizes are small and personalized, so there is more opportunity to interact with faculty within a community of learners from a variety of disciplines.

Acceptance into the Honors Program is based on a combination of standing in the high school class, high school GPA, combined scores on the SAT, placement scores in writing and math, post-secondary GPA, and the application essay.

Students in the Honors Program - Transfer Curriculum meet their General Studies requirements by completing the traditional General Studies curriculum at NJCU supplemented by courses in the Honors Program.

New Jersey City University is a member of the Northeast Regional and National Collegiate Honors Council.

If you are interested in the Honors Program, please complete an Honors Program Interest Form. You will be contacted in the coming weeks. The form can be left with the Honors Program Director or mailed to:

Honors Program – Transfer Curriculum

Third Year

Fall

HON 320 Upper Level Seminar II – Modern US Perspectives 3

HON 340 Upper Level Seminar II – The Arts 3

Major, Minor, or Elective Course(s) 10

Total 16 credits

Spring

HON 360 Upper Level Seminar II - Problem-Solving 3

HON xxx Junior Transfer Thesis 3

Major, Minor, or Elective Course(s) 10

Fall

HON 440 Upper Level Seminar III - Politics/Economics 3

HON 403 Senior Honors Project I 2

Major, Minor, or Elective Course(s) 11

Total 16 credits

Spring

HON 460 Upper Level Seminar IV - World Issues 3

HON 404 Senior Honors Project II 2

Major, Minor, or Elective Course(s) 11

Total 16 credits

Total Honors Program Requirements 22

Total Transfer Major, Minor and Elective credits 106

Total Credits for Graduation* 128*

*128 credits is the minimum required for graduation. Certain Majors may require more course credits. Consult the NJCU Catalog or the academic department of interest.

HONORS PROGRAM COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

HON 320 Modern U.S. Perspectives

This seminar will expose participants to a wide range of creative work and provide a basis for understanding that work. Through direct experience, reproductions, critical reading, and discussion, members of the class that will interact with contemporary and historical works of art. This seminar will attempt to discuss broadly the context in which art is made and received, and to aid in and encourage its enlightened evaluation. The role of creator will also be experienced and analyzed. Field trips to various cultural venues will be a required part of the course.

N.B. No prior training or experience in the arts is required for this class.

HON 360 Upper-Level Seminar II – Problem-Solving: Reason, Imagination and the Unfathomable

This course will reconstruct some classic responses to basic human problems. What is the riddle of one’s life? What is the role of art in facing the tragedy of existence? What is true? What are the sources of violence and how to control it? How can the goodness of God be compatible with the existence of evil in the world? We will take an interdisciplinary approach to these questions, weaving the perspectives of literature, aesthetics, epistemology, politics and ethics.

HON 403 Senior Honors Project I

The purpose of the Senior Honors Project is to help students in their final year of the Honors Program to prepare for graduate-level work by conducting independent research on a topic related to their field of study. Part one of a two-semester sequence, this course will focus on understanding the steps of the research-writing process, exploring the various methods of inquiry used in research, and producing a variety of writings that will support the final research project.

HON 404 Senior Honors Project II

The purpose of the Senior Honors Project is to help students in their final year of the Honors Program to prepare for graduate-level work by conducting independent research on a topic related to their field of study. Part two of a two-semester sequence, this course will carry forward work begun in part one: Students will produce a draft of the final research project and revise it through a process of peer review, continued reading, and group discussions. Students will make an oral presentation of their work prior to the submission of the final written version of the project.

HON 440 Upper-Level Seminar III – Politics/Economics: Political Economy

This course explores basic economic concepts and applies them to contemporary political and social issues. The tools of economics are used to analyze how these issues impact the public and non-profit sectors.

HON 460 Upper-Level Seminar IV – World Issues: Sex, Gender and Globalization

This course examines sex and gender as dynamic of globalization, focusing on the sexual politics of colonialism and nationalism, the economics of mothering and domestic work, the militarization of women’s lives, global responses to AIDS, trafficking in women, and the international politics of adoption and surrogacy.