Coursework
Through Honors, you will take seminar-style courses with other motivated and high-achieving students. These small, challenging courses are led by terrific faculty and allow you to earn an academic concentration or minor that will inspire critical thinking, an interdisciplinary attitude, a broad worldview, and a commitment to serving others.
Concentration: 13 credits (Take at least 2 courses from each category in addition to the Capstone), plus complete 200 hours of engagement activities
Service and Leadership:
HON 250H Foundations of Leadership (3)
HON 391H Community Problem-Solving (3)
HON 395H Citizenship and Service (3)
Creativity and Critical Thinking:
HON 251H Culinary Arts and Entertaining (1)
HON 252H Visionaries of the Past (2)
HON 264H Thinking Outside the Box (3)
HON 351H Integrity and the Examined Life (3)
HON 496H Honors Study Tour (1-6)
HON 491H Honors Program Capstone (1)
HON 091H Honors Engagement Activities (0)
Minor: 18 credits, plus complete 200 hours of engagement activities
HON 091H Honors Engagement Activities (0)
HON 250H Foundations of Leadership (3)
HON 252H Visionaries of the Past (2)
HON 264H Thinking Outside the Box (3)
HON 351H Integrity & the Examined Life (3)
HON 391H Community Problem-Solving (3)
HON 395H Citizenship & Service (3)
HON 491H Honors Program Capstone (1)
Honors Engagement Activities (200 Hours total)
By the time of graduation, Honors Program students will complete 200 hours of engagement activities (approximately 25 hours each semester). At least two different experiences are required, one of which must be at or for Minot State University.
Example engagement activities include, but are not limited to: Mentored research, internships, clinicals, practicums, study abroad, service learning, volunteering, student organization participation and leadership, experiential coursework, being a resident assistant, teaching assistant, writing fellow, mentor, tutor, etc.
The Process: Choose Experience -> Complete Proposal Form (Submission and Approval) -> Engage in Activity -> Submit Reflection and Verification of Hours
a. Students should plan to submit their proposal form and gain approval before the activity commences. However, up to 50 hours may be approved retroactively. High School involvement will not count.
b. Students have two (2) weeks after their experience ends to submit their reflection and verification of hours.
c. Students will submit one reflection for each experience. If students are participating in a continuing experience, they must complete a reflection at the end of every semester.
d. Students will enroll in HON 091H (Honors Engagement Activities) in their final semester (or the semester in which they will reach the required 200 hours). As part of this course, students will write a summative reflection of their engagement experiences.
MSU Honors Program Engagement Activity Proposal Form
MSU Honors Program Engagement Activity Reflection and Hours Verification
