Interdisciplinary in design and international in scope, Loyola’s Honors Program offers a dynamic general education that enables our students to bring many perspectives to real world problem-solving, in the Jesuit tradition. Faculty craft intensive courses that refine analytical and communication skills. The formal curriculum is supplemented with many cultural excursions and service opportunities.

Requirements

• The program requires 27 credit hours (9 classes) of honors courses.
• All honors courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.
• Students must have an overall GPA of 3.33 or better to graduate with honors.

Course Descriptions

Honors courses differ in structure and content from non-honors courses, and these courses are offered in a sequence. Honors students must complete the following courses:

1. Western Traditions: Antiquity to the Middle Ages (First year, fall semester)
2. Western Traditions: Renaissance to Modernism (First year, spring semester)
3. The United States Experience (Anytime after first year)
4. Area Studies (Two of the following courses anytime after first year):
      Encountering Africa
      Encountering Asia
      Encountering Contemporary Europe
      Encountering Latin America and the Caribbean
      Encountering the Middle East
5. Science and Society (Anytime after first year)
6. Honors Capstone: Moral Responsibility (75 credit hours earned or Senior year)