Honors Course Options

Engage in Advanced Study
Even if you do not participate in the Honors College, you can still engage in advanced study in various academic disciplines by enrolling in individual Honors Courses. You can take advantage of the smaller, seminar-style courses with an interdisciplinary focus and participate in a common forum, the "Community of Scholars" colloquium.

You can also select to take the Honors Option, an Honors-level project that is offered in a regular, non-Honors class. If you complete 15-18 credits of Honor Courses and Honors Option courses and speak publicly on a scholarly topic, you will recognized as an Honors Program graduate. Students may receive further academic recognition on their transcript through the Honors Achievement Award.

Eligibility Requirements for an Honors Course or Honors Option: a 3.5 grade-point average in high school (for students entering their first semester at RVCC), or at the college that a student transfers from, or at RVCC (for students who have taken courses here). Students with a GPA of less than 3.5 can still take an Honors Course or choose an Honors Option by contacting the instructor and receiving written permission.

Fall 2023 courses include:

General Biology I (BIOL 101H)
General Chemistry I (CHEM 103H)
Speech-Honors (COMM 101H)
World Dance History (DANC 121H)
Macroeconomics-Honors (ECON 101H)
English Composition I-Honors (ENGL 111H)
Survey of American Film-Honors (FILM 122H)
Modern Latin American History-Honors (HIST 239H)
Precalculus-Honors (MATH 114H)
Statistics-Honors (MATH 117H)
Calculus I -Honors (MATH 151H)
Intro to Psychology-Honors (PSYC 103H)

Honors-Option courses include:

ACCT 225: Accounting Systems and Software
ARTS 110: Basic Drawing I
BIOL 124: Human Anatomy & Physiology I
BIOL 125: Human Anatomy & Physiology
BUSI 111: Intro to Business
BUSI 131: Business Law I
BUSI 132: Business Law II
CIST 254: Data Structures
DANC 206 Choreography II
EDUC 212: Foundations of Education
EDUC 230: Education Field Experience
ENGL 221: American Literature: Colonial Through the Civil War
ENGL 235: Survey of English Lit from Middle Ages through 18th Century
ENGL 236: Survey of English Lit from Romantic Period to the Present
FREN 103: Introduction to French 1
HIST 191: African American History
MATH 251: Calculus III
MRKT 101: Principles of Marketing
MUSC 211: Music Theory III
MUSC 212: Music Theory IV
NURS 123: Nursing Adults II
NURS 124: Nursing of Families with Children
NURS 125: Nursing Care for the Childbearing Family