Program Overview

Civics Honors (BA)

Program Requirements

The Civics Honors program requires a total of 120 semester credit hours.

• CIV 301: Perennial Problems in Civic Thought (3 hours)
• CIV 302: Truth and Persuasion (3 hours)
• CIV 303J: Origins of American Institutions (3 hours)
• CIV 303K: Democracy and Capitalism (3 hours)
• CIV 304: Foundations of Research Methods for Civics 020 (3 hours)
• CIV 305: Excellence of Character: The Virtues (3 hours)
• ECO 304K: Introduction to Microeconomics 080 (3 hours)
• GOV/CIV 312P: Constitutional Principles: Core Texts 070 (3 hours)
• Foreign Language: Proficiency in a language other than English (12 hours)
• 18 hours chosen from Areas A, B, and C, with at least 6 hours of CIV courses in each area
  • Area A: Constitutionalism (6 hours)
    • CIV 121: Topics in Constitutional History and Principles Research
    • CIV 320: Constitutionalism: Ancient and Modern
    • CIV 321J: Economics and Constitutionalism
    • CIV 124: Topics in Rights, Freedoms, and the Rule of Law Research
    • CIV 360: Advanced Topics in Constitutional History and Principles
    • CIV 363: Advanced Topics in Rights, Freedoms, and the Rule of Law
    • CIV 372: Topics in Independent Research in Constitutionalism
  • Area B: Western Civilization (6 hours)
    • CIV 122: Topics in Western Civilization Research
    • CIV 322J: The Quest for Community
    • CIV 322K: Politics and the Transcendent
    • CIV 125: Topics in Civic Thought and Culture Research
    • CIV 364: Advanced Topics in Civic Thought and Culture
    • CIV 361: Advanced Topics in Western Civilization
    • CIV 373: Topics in Independent Research in Western Civilization
  • Area C: Civic Leadership (6 hours)
    • CIV 123: Topics in Ethics and Leadership Research
    • CIV 323J: Ethical Analysis for Civic Leaders
    • CIV 325K: Economic Analysis for Civic Leaders
    • CIV 126: Topics in Strategy and Statecraft Research
    • CIV 337: Policy Research Lab
    • CIV 362: Advanced Topics in Ethics and Leadership
    • CIV 365: Advanced Topics in Strategy and Statecraft
    • CIV 374: Topics in Independent Research in Civic Leadership
• 12 elective hours chosen from any of the following areas:
  • Area A: Civic Leadership
    • CIV 121: Topics in Constitutional History and Principles Research
    • CIV 124: Topics in Rights, Freedoms, and the Rule of Law Research
    • CIV 320: Constitutionalism: Ancient and Modern
    • CIV 321J: Economics and Constitutionalism
    • CIV 360: Advanced Topics in Constitutional History and Principles
    • CIV 363: Advanced Topics in Rights, Freedoms, and the Rule of Law
    • CIV 372: Topics in Independent Research in Constitutionalism
    • GOV 320K: United States Constitutional Development: Structures
    • GOV 320N: United States Constitutional Development: Rights
    • GOV 335R: Intellectual World of the American Founders
    • GOV 357C/CTI 326C: Constitutional Interpretation
    • GOV 357D/CTI 326L: Civil Liberties
    • GOV 357F/CTI 326S: Constitutional Structure of Power
    • GOV 357G: Structure of Individual Liberties
    • HIS 317L: Topics in United States History (Topic 13: Origins of American Revolution)
    • HIS 317L: Topics in United States History (Topic 15: Establishing America, )
    • HIS 355S: United States Constitutional History
    • PHL 347: Philosophy of Law
    • PHL 375M: Topics in Major Seminar (Topic 4: Philosophy of the First Amendment)
  • Area B: Western Civilization
    • CIV 122: Topics in Western Civilization Research
    • CIV 322J: The Quest for Community
    • CIV 322K: Politics and the Transcendent
    • CIV 125: Topics in Civic Thought and Culture Research
    • CIV 364: Advanced Topics in Civic Thought and Culture
    • CIV 361: Advanced Topics in Western Civilization
    • CIV 373: Topics in Independent Research in Western Civilization
    • CTI 302/GOV 314E: Classics of Social and Political Thought
    • GOV 335D/PHL 342: Natural Law Theory
    • GOV 351C/CTI 320: The Classical Quest for Justice
    • GOV 351D/CTI 321: The Theoretical Foundations of Modern Politics
    • GOV 351G/CTI 322: Critics of Modern Liberalism
    • GOV 351J/CTI 323: Might and Right among Nations
    • GOV 351L/CTI 325: Morality and Politics
    • GOV 379G/CTI 330J: Jerusalem and Athens
    • PHL 342P: Four Modern Political Theories
    • PHL 356C: Contemporary Christian Philosophy
    • PHL 356D/CTI 335C: History of Christian Philosophy
    • PHL 329K: History of Ancient Philosophy
    • PHL 342: Topics in Political Philosophy
    • PHL 349: History of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
    • C C 348E/PHL 329C: Plato and His Philosophy
    • CTI 304: Topics in World Religions: Traditions and Texts (Topic 1)
    • or R S 315C: The Bible and Its Interpreters
  • Area C: Civic Leadership
    • CIV 123: Topics in Ethics and Leadership Research
    • CIV 323J: Ethical Analysis for Civic Leaders
    • CIV 325K: Economic Analysis for Civic Leaders
    • CIV 126: Topics in Strategy and Statecraft Research
    • CIV 337: Policy Research Lab
    • CIV 362: Advanced Topics in Ethics and Leadership
    • CIV 365: Advanced Topics in Strategy and Statecraft
    • CIV 374: Topics in Independent Research in Civic Leadership
    • ECO 354M: Experimental Economics
    • HIS 365G: Topics in United States History (Topic 15: United States Military History)
    • HIS 333L: United States Foreign Relations,
    • HIS 333M: United States Foreign Relations, 1914 to the Present
    • LEB 320F: Foundations of Business Law and Ethics
    • MAN 320F: Foundations of Management and Organizational Behavior
    • MAN 327: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    • PHL 322K: History of Ethics
    • PHL 325K: Ethical Theories
    • PHL 325N: Organizational Ethics
    • PPE 301: Introduction to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
    • PPE 320: Foundations of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
    • PPE 379: Capstone Course
• 3 hours chosen from P A international security policy courses
• 3 hours chosen from P A issues in governance, leadership, and politics course
• CIV 375: Internship (3 hours)
  • or CIV 175J: Internship: Career Planning
  • or CIV 175K: Internship: Leadership Development
  • or CIV 175L: Internship: Reflection and Analysis
• CIV 379J & CIV 379K: Thesis I and Thesis II (6 hours)
• Core Curriculum (42 hours)
  • UGS 302: First-Year Signature Course 090 (3 hours)
  • or UGS 303: First-Year Signature Course
  • RHE 306: Rhetoric and Writing 010 (3 hours)
  • Communication Course 010 (3 hours)
  • HIS 315K: The United States, (3 hours)
  • HIS 315L: The United States since (3 hours)
  • GOV 310L: American and Texas Government 070 (3 hours)
  • E 316L: British Literature 040 (3 hours)
  • or E 316M: American Literature
  • or E 316N: World Literature
  • Natural Science and Technology, Part I 030 (3 hours)
  • Natural Science and Technology, Part I 030 (3 hours)
  • Natural Science and Technology, Part II 093 (3 hours)
  • Visual and Performing Arts 050 (3 hours)
• The following specific program requirements also simultaneously satisfy core curriculum requirements:
  • CIV 304: Foundations of Research Methods for Civics 020
  • ECO 304K: Introduction to Microeconomics 080
  • GOV 312P: Constitutional Principles: Core Texts 070
• Free Electives (12 hours)
  • Additional coursework to fulfill all degree requirements and reach a total of 120 semester hours.

Core Component Areas

• 010 Communication
• 020 Mathematics
• 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I
• 040 Humanities
• 050 Visual and Performing Arts
• 060 U.S. History
• 070 American and Texas Government
• 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 090 First-Year Signature Course
• 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II