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.

Spring 2010 Honors Courses

ART HISTORY
AH 335 Twentieth Century Art
AH 339 Venetian Art
AH 374 Donatello

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
BUS 301 Business Ethics
FIN 302 Financial Management
MKT 330 International Marketing
MKT 399 Special Topics in Marketing: Social Marketing and Fundraising

COMMUNICATIONS
CMS 340 Documentary Film
COM 320 Rhetoric of Dissent and Cultural Resistance

HISTORY
HS 201 Long-Term History of Globalization
HS 366 Italy from Mussolini to the Crisis of the First Republic (1918 to present)
HS 399A Special Topics in History: World War I
HS 399B Special Topics in History: Fascism and Authoritarianism in Italy, Spain, and Portugal

POLITICAL SCIENCE
PL 320 Public International Law
PL 360 The Political Economy of Globalization
PL 365 History and Politics of the Middle East

RELIGION
RL 225 Mystic, Saints, and Sinners: Studies in Medieval Catholic Culture