Program Overview

Interdisciplinary Honors Certificate Requirements

The Interdisciplinary Honors Certificate is available to degree-seeking undergraduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences at CU Boulder. To complete the certificate, students must fulfill the following requirements:

• Total credits: 18 (six 3-credit courses)
• GPA: 3.3 or higher

Required Courses

The certificate requires the completion of the following courses:

• Honors Diversity Seminar (HONR 1810)
• Honors Internship Course (HONR 3900)
• Honors Capstone Seminar (HONR 4490)

Elective Courses

In addition to the required courses, students must complete three 3-credit elective courses offered by the Honors Program (with section numbers 880-889 or 888R-889R). These elective courses must be distributed across two of the three divisions: Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. At least one elective course must be upper-division (3000 or 4000-level).

Examples of Honors elective courses include:

• PSCI: Survey of Western Political Thought (Social Sciences)
• HIST: World War II: Europe in Crisis (Arts & Humanities)
• PSYC R: General Psychology (Natural Sciences)

All courses that fulfill the requirement for the certificate must be completed with a grade of B or better.

Interdisciplinary Certificate Details

The Interdisciplinary Honors Studies Certificate focuses on developing critical thinking skills and the ability to successfully engage with a diverse audience on a wide variety of topics. This certificate is a separate path from the thesis process within A&S Honors, and students can choose to do both or neither.

To ensure completion of the certificate, students should:

• Check their progress by running a Degree Audit as they approach graduation.
• Email Dr. Hickcox to confirm their progress and certificate completion during their final semester.
• Complete a Program Exit Survey sent by Dr. Hickcox after confirming they are on track to complete the certificate.
• Ensure their home address is updated in the CU system prior to graduation, as the paper certificate will be mailed to them after graduation.

The certificate will be awarded by the Registrar's Office and will appear on the student's official transcript.