Faculty members teaching Honors College courses represent a multitude of disciplines from across the university and course content varies widely by professor. To browse current course topics at every level, see our page on Current Course Offerings.
As for how you distribute the requirements across your time at the UO, the CHC curriculum is flexible and will work in conjunction with your intended major's requirements. Our sample graduation plans can give you an idea of ways you might cluster or spread out requirements in order to attain balance, study abroad or graduate early.
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Foundations in Liberal Arts Inquiry Taken in the first term, this introduction to seminar-style learning emphasizes the writing process and developing clarity of expression and argument, use of evidence, and effective revision practices—skills that serve as the foundation for the rest of the curriculum. |
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CHC Disciplinary Courses Learn different ways to think and problem-solve across diverse disciplines while developing communication and critical reasoning skills. Courses can be taken in any order. |
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UO Disciplinary Courses ~ Explore various majors and minors through their foundational course offerings. |
UO courses that satisfy this requirement can be found on the Registrar's Areas of Inquiry page. |
Quantitative Requirement ~ Strengthen your skills in mathematics or other quantitative fields. |
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Research and Writing Engage in a challenging, term-length research project, developing your skills in research planning, ethics, execution and dissemination. |
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Colloquium Requirement * Innovative and often interdisciplinary courses ask you to engage at an advanced level. |
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CHC Electives Requirement You can fulfill your electives requirement three different ways! Study Abroad Classes (depending on the type of coursework) can substitute for colloquia in Options A or B, or fulfill both CHC electives via the language study pathway in Option C. |
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Thesis Requirement Your CHC Thesis Project is a culmination of your undergraduate work. You will design and conduct original research; translate your results for a broad audience and present them in a format that you determine; and orally defend your work to your faculty thesis committee. |
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~ You may use certain transfer, AP, IB, and/or CLEP credits to fulfill this requirement. See the CHC Transfer Credit Guide.
* CHC students must satisfy the UO Cultural Literacy Requirement. This requirement can be fulfilled using UO classes or with selected colloquia designated as HC 434H (Global Perspectives) or HC 444H (US: Difference, Inequality, Agency)
Your Degree Guide: An Important Resource
Your Degree Guide is found in DuckWeb and tracks your progress toward graduation. The guide monitors the university requirements, Clark Honors College requirements, and the requirements for your majors and minors, all in one place.
The Degree Guide is a resource to assist you in course planning and degree tracking, but it is not an official guarantee of degree completion. You should always consult with your CHC and major advisors to discuss your progress and verify that you are satisfying the necessary requirements.
Grades and Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA)
Unless pass/no-pass is the only option available, you must take all required courses with an HC subject code for a grade and pass the course with a C-minus or above. Courses that do not have an HC subject code such as those that satisfy the UO Disciplinary Requirement (one class each from UO approved lists in the Arts and Letters, Social Science, and Science Areas of Inquiry), quantitative requirement, and second language requirement may be taken for a grade or taken P/NP. You must maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA across all courses you take at the university. If your GPA slips below 3.0, you will be notified by the CHC to meet with your CHC advisor, who will work with you to develop a plan to get you back on track.