Honors Program
Overview
- Features engaging interdisciplinary seminars
- Promotes creativity and critical thinking
- For students with intellectual curiosity who enjoy academic challenges
- 10 honors course credits required
- Adds “University Honors” to college transcript
- GPA 3.0 required for admission to the program
Honors Seminars Include
- Monsters and Mayhem: Exploring the History of Science through Fiction
- Feeding Mars: Understanding the Impact of War on Humanity through Literature and Film
- From Cavemen to X-Men: Evolution and Society
- Exotic Landscapes, Alien Worlds: The British Imperial Romance
- A Beautiful Mind: Psychology at the Movies
Honor Capstone Project
Juniors and Seniors in the Honors Program draw upon their prior coursework to develop a topic of study that integrates ideas from at least two academic disciplines for their Honors Capstone project.

Michelle Solensky, PhD
Honors Program Director & Professor of Biology
701-252-3467 ext. 5458
msolensk@uj.edu