Honors Program at CSN
Benefits for Students:
Smaller classes
Personal attention from advisors & instructors
Creative assignments
Advanced university preparation
Special recognition at Graduation
CSN offers qualified students two options. Option one: Those who wish to take a course with limited enrollment and a specialized curriculum that engages imaginatively with academic inquiry can sign up for an Honors class. Option two: Students who seek recognition on their diplomas and in the commencement program can apply to the Honors Program and complete up to 12 Honors credits. All students will receive a special notation on their transcripts; students completing 12 credits will receive an Honors Certificate and recognition at Commencement. For more information, please call Dr. Georgia Standish, Honors Program Coordinator, 651-3040 or e-mail georgia.standish@csn.edu.
Honors Courses (and more on the way!):
Please note that courses with "G" suffixes are designated Honors level courses and can be used to fulfill equivalent general education requirements.
| BIOL 251G General Microbiology Honors |
4 Credits |
Topics include prokaryotic cell structure, function, metabolism, genetics, phylogenetic classification, diversity, relation to plants/animals/humans and pathogenesis, ecology and evolution, environmental and applied microbiology, agents, and eukaryotic microorganisms. Emphasis is on bacterial metabolic strategies to include aerobic and anaerobic metabolism, chemolithotrophy, phototrophy, and role in biogeochemical cycles, ecological diversity, genetics and phylogeny/evolution, and human-microbe interactions and infectious disease. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory.
| ENG 101G Composition I-Honors |
3 Credits |
A writing intensive, Honors-level course designed to strengthen college-level composition skills, with particular attention to audience, purpose, and context for writing. Limited class size ensures workshop environment and activities including extensive work on strategies of planning, drafting and revising. In addition, research techniques for primary and secondary sources are introduced as a means by which students can extend their understanding through outside resources. Critical thinking and reading skills are developed and deepened through oral and written presentations.
| ENG 102G Composition II-Honors |
3 Credits |
An Honors-level version of ENG 102 COMPOSITION II, with a more in-depth focus on workshop and research techniques. Class will continue to emphasize rhetorical methodology, while deepening a student’s ability to read and write analytically, think critically, and interpret effectively.
HIST 101G U.S. History I - Honors
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3 Credits
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An honors level survey of United States political, social, economic, diplomatic, and cultural development from colonial times to 1865. This course emphasizes interactive and independent learning through readings, discussion, and writing. Satisfies the Nevada constitution requirement. HIST 101G and 102G need not be taken in sequence; either course may be taken alone. Prerequisite: ENG 100, ENG 101, or ENG 113.
HIST 102G U.S. History II - Honors
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3 Credits
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An honors level survey of United States political, social, economic, diplomatic, and cultural development from 1865 to present. This course emphasizes interactive and independent learning through readings, discussion, and writing. Satisfies the Nevada constitution requirement. HIST 101G and 102G need not be taken in sequence; either course may be taken alone. Prerequisite: ENG 100, ENG 101, or ENG 113.
| ENG 231G World Literature I-Honors |
3 Credits |
A reading intensive, Honors-level course designed to introduce students to the major figures, movements and ideas in world literature from ancient times to 1650.
| ENG 232G World Literature II-Honors |
3 Credits |
A reading intensive, Honors-level course designed to introduce students to the major figures, movements and ideas in world literature from 1650 to the present.
| WMST 113G Gender, Race and Class-Honors |
3 Credits |
Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural survey of the ways in which gender interacts with race, age, class, and sexulaity to shape human consciousness and determine the social organization of human society. Emphasis on interactive learning, entailing an examination of the self and one's environment through the use of reflective writing and dialogue.
Recently Added Courses:
HIST 217G Nevada History - Honors
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3 Credits
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An Honors level survey of Nevada from early exploration to the present. This course emphasizes interactive and independent learning through readings, discussion, and writing. Satisfies the Nevada Constitution requirement. Prerequisite: ENG 100, ENG 101 or 101G, or ENG 113.
PHIL 101G Introduction to Philosophy - Honors
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3 Credits
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An Honors level study of philosophy as an interpretation of human experience and an examination of concepts and assumptions fundamental in human thought. Honors emphasizes both interactive and independent learning entailing an in-depth examination of one's thinking on philosophical questions through use of the Socratic Method.
PSY 101G Introduction to Psychologyy - Honors
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3 Credits
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An in-depth study of the principles of human behavior including discussions of motivation, perception, learning and personality development. Emphasis on interactive learning entailing an examination of the self and one's environment through the use of reflective reasoning and dialogue.
