Through small seminar-style classes with LMU's best professors, student-created and student-led publications and programs, Honors housing, special events and speakers, and independent research opportunities, every student in the University Honors Program is encouraged to become a first rate scholar and citizen of the greater intellectual conversation.
Honors students must take the Core courses designated “Honors.” All other Core courses may be satisfied through the university-wide Core course offerings.
"Foundations" Course Requirements
- Introduction to Honors (1 hr)
- Honors First Year Seminar (1 course)
- Quantitative Reasoning (satisfied through the requirements of the Honors Core)
- Honors Theological Inquiry (1 course)
- Honors Philosophical Inquiry (1 course)
- Studies in American Diversity (1 course)
"Explorations" Course Requirements
- Creative Experience (1 course)
- Honors Historical Analysis and Perspectives (1 course)
- Nature of Science, Technology, and Mathematics (1 course)
- Understanding Human Behavior (1 course)
- Honors Literary Analysis (1 course)
- Honors Research and Exhibition (1 hr)
"Integrations" Course Requirements
- Faith and Reason (1 course)
- Honors Ethics and Justice (1 course)
- Honors Post-Bac Success Seminar (1 hour)
- Honors Thesis
- Honors Portfolio and Assessment (0 hours)
Foreign Language Requirement
All Honors students must achieve proficiency (the equivalent of two semesters of LMU study) in a second language. International students who pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) are exempt from this requirement. The requirement may also be satisfied by achieving AP Foreign Language credit (4 or 5 on the AP exam) or receiving placement into 2103 or higher on the Foreign Language placement exam.