Honors Courses

Students who achieve high levels of academic excellence (minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5) have the option of taking specially designated Honors Courses. These may also include occasional interdisciplinary seminars open only to such students. More frequently, regular John Cabot University courses may be offered with an option of taking them for four academic credits as Honors Courses. Students who register for such courses as Honors Courses must complete additional assignments (e.g., research papers or portfolios) in which they delve more deeply into the subject matter in question. These additional assignments are graded on a “grant of Honors credit/no grant of Honors credit” basis and are not calculated into the final grade for the course. For the granting of Honors credit, students should produce work of a quality that would receive a B (3.00/4.00) or higher and this will be noted on their transcripts. Students taking a course as an Honors Course also enjoy additional mentoring time with the instructor. Instructors for Honors Courses are chosen by the Dean of Academic Affairs in conjunction with the Department Chair, based on their expertise and teaching excellence.

Fall 2010 Honors Courses

ART HISTORY
AH 299H Special Topics in Art History: The Art of Conquest: Rome and Greece
AH 370H Selected Topics in Renaissance Art: Mannerism

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUS 301H Business Ethics

COMMUNICATIONS/POLITICAL SCIENCE
COM/PL 322H Free Speech in a Comparative Perspective

ENGLISH LITERATURE
EN 346H Study of the Works of a Single Modern Writer: Jane Austen

HISTORY
HS 374H Hitler and Mussolini: the Fascist and National Socialist Movements and Regimes
HS 399H Special Topics in History: Sport, Politics and Society in the Modern World

ITALIAN
IT 319H The Image of Rome in Italian Literature and Cinema

MARKETING
MKT 350H Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations

PHILOSOPHY/POLITICAL SCIENCE
PH/PL 399H Special Topics in Philosophy and Political Science: Freedom, Equality, and Democracy
 
POLITICAL SCIENCE
PL 399AH Special Topics in Political Science: Advanced Perspectives on World Politics
PL 399BH Special Topics in Political Science: International Migration