LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO

2024-2025 CATALOG

The Academic Catalog is the official listing of courses, programs of study, academic policies and degree requirements for Loyola University Chicago. It is published every year in advance of the next academic year.

Interdisciplinary Honors Program

Academics

Interdisciplinary in design and international in scope, Loyola’s Honors Program offers a dynamic general education that enables our students to bring many perspectives to real world problem-solving, in the Jesuit tradition. Faculty craft intensive courses that refine analytical and communication skills. The formal curriculum is supplemented with many cultural excursions and service opportunities.

Requirements

  • The program requires 27 credit hours (9 classes) of honors courses.
  • All honors courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better.
  • Students must have an overall GPA of 3.33 or better to graduate with honors.
  • For more information on core requirements, visit Honors and the Core.

Honors courses differ in structure and content from non-honors courses, and these courses are offered in a sequence. Honors students must complete the following courses:

Course Requirements
HONR 101
HONR D101
Western Traditions - Antiquity to the Middle Ages
and Developments Western Thought I Discussion 1
6
HONR 102
HONR D102
Western Traditions-Renaissance to Modernity
and Developments in Historical Western Thought II Discussion 2
6
U.S. Experience (Anytime after 1st year) 33
The United States Experience
The United States Experience
The United States Experience
Science and Society (Choose one of the following) 33
Science and Society
Science and Society
Science and Society
Science and Society
Area Studies (Two of the following courses anytime after 1st year) 36
Encountering Latin America and the Caribbean
Encountering Latin America and the Caribbean
Encountering Latin America and the Caribbean
Encountering Asia
Encountering Asia
Encountering Asia
Encountering Africa
Encountering Africa
Encountering Africa
Encountering the Middle East
Encountering the Middle East
Encountering the Middle East
Encountering Contemporary Europe
Encountering Contemporary Europe
Encountering Contemporary Europe
Capstone 4
HONR 301Honors Capstone: Moral Responsibility3
1

Course taken Fall Freshman Year.

2

Course taken Spring Freshman Year.

3

Course taken any time after 1st year.  Students can take HONR 203, HONR 204, and the area studies in any order they desire.

4

Course taken 2nd semester of Junior year or during Senior year.  Student must have 75 or more credit hours.

Program Description

Since 1936, the Honors Program has provided an enriched educational experience for the university’s most talented students. Only a small percentage of freshmen are invited into the program each year.  Honors students are academically and professionally aspirational and ethical leaders in their communities.

The Curriculum

Interdisciplinary in design and international in scope, Loyola’s Honors Program offers a dynamic general education that enables our students to bring many perspectives to real world problem-solving, in the Jesuit tradition. Faculty craft intensive courses that refine analytic and communication skills. The formal curriculum is supplemented with many cultural excursions and service opportunities. You can read more about our award-winning teaching faculty on our website.

The Benefits

As an Honors student, you will come into contact with Loyola’s most effective teachers, our most exciting researchers, and, of course, our most talented students. You’ll benefit from priority registration each semester; individualized advising; small class sizes; and faculty mentorship. As the highest academic distinction awarded by the university, the Honors Degree commands special acknowledgement. Candidates are identified separately in the commencement program, and the official transcript identifies all Honors courses.

The Freshman Year Experience

Honors Freshmen are housed at Francis Hall and Regis Hall, modern facilities located on the southern end of campus, close to the lake and the city. In residence, you’ll have many opportunities to connect intellectually and socially with students majoring in fields from across the university and joining us from across the US and the globe. Together, you and your friends will make your way through the Honors Freshman Seminars, reading Darwin’s The Origin of Species and visiting the Art Institute of Chicago as a group. You can learn more about the freshman Honors residence experience here.

For more information on our dynamic community and program, look through the online issues of the Honors Magazine.