Honors
 Courses

 RMU Core Communication Skills Courses
(12 credits)

Patriot Scholars take all their core communication skills courses together in honors sections.

• COSK 1225, Honors Argument and Research
• COSK 2225, Honors Public Speaking and Persuasion
• COSK 2235, Honors Intercultural Communications
• COSK 2245, Honors Business and Professional Communication

General Education Credits
(6 credits)

Students will choose at least 2 of the following honors core courses to fulfill this requirement.  This list may change as honors sections of other courses are developed.

• HIST 1105, Honors US History I
• HUMA 1015, Honors Humanities: Arts and Music
• GEOL 1095, Honors Stars, Planets and the Cosmos
• ELIT 2065, Honors World Literature
• POLS 1025, Honors American National Government
• STAT 2125, Honors Statistics
• SOCI 1025, Honors Contemporary American Social Problems

 Honors Seminar
(3 credits)

Students will complete an honors seminar course with a "B" or better.  Alternatively, selected study abroad experiences may fulfill this requirement.  Topics of past honors seminar have included:

Math, Music and Art

Presidential Leadership

Physics and Sport

Topics in Sustainability

 Honors Thesis
(6 credits)

• HNRS 4900 (3 credit class) Honors Research Methodology
• HNRS 4911 (1 credit independent study) Honors Thesis Research supervised by a faculty thesis advisor.
• HNRS 4912 (2 credit independent study) Honors Thesis Completion and Presentation supervised by a faculty thesis advisor.  All Honors Theses will be presented at the Undergraduate Research Conference.