Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Honors Program

Structure of Program

Professional Honors Track: 21 minimum hours *

The Professional Honors Track is for students in pre-professional programs, such as Nursing, Education, Sciences, the Performing Arts, and Business. This track emphasizes the Honors experience in the first two years, when all students are in the Core sequence. For the 3rd and 4th years, colleges and programs have flexibility to integrate honors experiences with their existing course of study.

First Year	Second Year	Third Year & Fourth Year
Honors First-Year Learning Community (7-12 hrs).	Honors PHIL 3340 (3 hrs)	Third or Fourth Year: at least 3 hours (but no more than 7 hrs) from: * Research Methods (3 hrs) * Upper-division Honors seminar (3-4 hrs) * Service Learning or Travel (1-3 hrs) * Independent Study (1-3 hrs) * Internship or Field Experience (1-3 hrs)
1-2 free-standing core courses (3-6 hrs)	1-2 Honors sections of core course (3-6 hrs)	Fourth Year * Project of Excellence (1 hr)
10-18 hours	6-9 hours	4-8 hours

* required for students admitted to the program May 1, 2006 and thereafter.

University Honors Track: 29 minimum hours

The University Honors Track serves students who have more flexible majors and provides students with substantial Honors experiences in all four years.

First Year	Second Year	Third Year & Fourth Year
Honors First-Year Learning Community (7-12 hrs).	Honors PHIL 3340 (3 hrs)	Third or Fourth Year: at least 6 hours (correlated to the individual's degree plan) from: * Research Methods (3 hrs) * Travel (1-3 hrs) * Upper-division Honors seminar (3-9 hrs) * Service Learning (1-3 hrs) * Independent Study (1-3 hrs) * Internship or Field Experience (1-3 hrs)
1-2 free-standing core courses (3-6 hrs)	Two Honors sections of core course (6 hrs)	Fourth Year * Project of Excellence (1 hr) * Upper-division Honors seminar (3 hrs)
10-18 hours	9 hours	at least 10 hours

All Honors courses serve students in both Professional and University tracks.

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