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Honors Program
Program & Courses
 Course-Based Curriculum
Students have two alternative routes they can take in order to
complete their general requirements and complete an Honors Degree
or Honors Certificate.
They can choose either the course-based Honors curriculum or the
Interdisciplinary Studies Honors
curriculum or mix and match the two. The course-based Honors curriculum
offers over 35 individual Honors courses that range from three to
six credit hours each. These courses are:
AMH 2010H
UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877 – HONORS
Survey of early United States history, emphasizing political, social,
and economic developments. Examines such topics as colonization,
slavery, American Revolution, U.S. Constitution, War of 1812, emancipation
movement, Civil War and Reconstruction with honors content. Honors
program permission required.
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AML 2021H
SURVEY IN AMERICAN LITERATURE: CIVIL WAR TO PRESENT – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or 1101H or IDH 1110 Representative authors
and selections with honors content. Gordon Rule course which requires
student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission required. Minimum
grade of C required if AML 2021 is used to satisfy Gordon Rule
and general education requirements.
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ARH 2051H
INTRODUCTION TO ART HISTORY II – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H. Survey of development of visual
arts from Renaissance to present with honors content. Gordon Rule
course which requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission
required.
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AST 1002H
ASTRONOMY – HONORS
Introductory survey of astronomical universe. Includes study of
the earth as astronomical body, solar systems, stars, galaxies
and cosmological theories of universe in general with honors content.
Much emphasis on unprecedented growth of knowledge in astronomy
during past decade. Honors program permission required.
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BSC 1010H
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I – HONORS
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of required college preparatory
reading course(s). Introduction to fundamental biological principles
emphasizing common attributes of all living organisms. Unifying
concepts include chemical structure of living matter, structure
and function of the cell, specialized cells, major metabolic functions,
control systems, reproduction, genetics, evolution and ecology
with honors content. Honors program permission required. Prerequisite
for advanced biology courses. (Special Fee: $35.00)
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BSC 1011H
FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II – HONORS
Prerequisite: BSC1010C or BSC 1010H. A continuation of BSC1010C.
Includes an analysis of biological systems at the organismal and
supraorganismal levels: Unity and diversity of life, organismal
structure and function. Will examine such topics as: Darwinism,
origin of life, diversity and origin of Eukaryotes, evolution and
diversity of the five kingdoms; animal and plant morphology, reproduction,
development of animal behavior, population biology and ecology
with honors content. Honors program permission required. (Special
Fee: $35.00)
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CHM 1045H
GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS I – HONORS
Prerequisite: CHM 1025C or one year of high school chemistry with
a minimum grade of C; and MAC 1102 or MAC 1105 or two years of
high school algebra or an appropriate score on an approved mathematics
assessment. A study of the basic principles of chemistry including
chemical reactivity, atomic structure, chemical bonding, molecular
geometry, periodicity, stoichiometry, and kinetic-molecular treatment
of gases with honors content. Laboratory illustrates principles
discussed in classroom. Honors program permission required. (Special
Fee: $35.00)
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CHM 1046H
GENERAL CHEMISTRY WITH QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS II – HONORS
Prerequisite: CHM 1045C with C or better. Continuation of CHM 1045C
dealing mainly with equilibrium theory, thermodynamics, chemical
kinetics and electrochemistry with honors content. Laboratory illustrates
principles of ionic equilibria within framework of qualitative
analysis. Honors program permission required. (Special Fee: $35.00)
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DEP 2004H
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY – HONORS
Prerequisite: PSY 1012. Designed to survey theory and research
on development from conception through death. Emphasizes biological
and social variables which influence human behavior with honors
content. Honors program permission required.
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ECO 2013H
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-MACRO – HONORS
Emphasis on study of macroeconomics: national income accounting,
consumption, saving and investment, government spending in economic
activity, influence of government money and banking, problems of
inflation and unemployment, international trade and its impact
on domestic economic activity with honors content. Honors program
permission required. For prospective economics majors and students
with interests in specialized business curricula, completion of
full Principles of Economics sequence (ECO 2013 and ECO 2023) is
highly recommended.
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ECO 2023H
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS-MICRO – HONORS
Introduction to economic theory and fundamentals of economic analysis.
Emphasis on study of microeconomics: market structure, price determination,
factors of production, distribution of income and effects of monopoly
and oligopoly on markets with honors content. Honors program permission
required. For prospective economics majors and students with interests
in specialized business curricula, completion of full Principles
of Economics sequence (ECO 2013 and ECO 2023) is highly recommended.
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ENC 1101H
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION I – HONORS
Prerequisites: Score of 83 on writing component of CPT or equivalent
score on other state-approved entry test or minimum grade of C
in ENC 0012 and ENC 0012L or ENC 0012C or EAP 1640 or ENS 1441;
also, score of 83 on reading component of CPT or equivalent score
on other state-approved entry test or minimum grade of C in REA
0002 and REA 0002L or REA 0002C or EAP 1620 or ENS 1421. Development
of essay form, including documented essay; instruction and practice
in expository writing. Emphasis on clarity of central and support
ideas, adequate development, logical organization, coherence, appropriate
citing of primary and/or secondary sources, and grammatical and
mechanical accuracy with honors content. This course includes learning
activity designed to ensure competence in the basic use of computers.
Gordon Rule course which requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors
program permission required. Minimum grade of C required if ENC
1101 is used to satisfy Gordon Rule and general education requirements.
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ENC 1102H
FRESHMAN COMPOSITION II – HONORS
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H or IDH
1110. Application of skills learned in ENC 1101. Emphasis on style;
use of library; reading and evaluating available sources; planning,
writing, and documenting short research paper with honors content.
Gordon Rule course which requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors
program permission required. Minimum grade of C required if ENC1102
is used to satisfy Gordon Rule and general education requirements.
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GLY 2100H
HISTORICAL GEOLOGY – HONORS
History of the earth and the evolution of life as evidenced in
the rock and fossil record; principles of geologic and paleontologic
research; evolution of the dinosaurs, mass extinctions, and effects
of the past continental movements on the diversity of life with
honors content. Honors program permission required. (Special Fee:
$10.00)
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HUM 2220H
HUMANITIES - GREEK AND ROMAN – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H or IDH 1110. Integrated examination
of dominant ideas in Western culture as expressed in art, literature,
music, philosophy and religion. Covers period from Trojan War through
Roman era, emphasizing development and influence of classical ideas
with honors content. Gordon Rule course which requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission required. Minimum grade of
C required if used to satisfy Gordon Rule requirement.
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HUM 2223H
HUMANITIES - LATE ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H or IDH 1110. Integrated examination
of dominant ideas in Western culture expressed in art, literature,
music, philosophy and religion. Covers period from late Roman Empire
through Middle Ages, emphasizing development and historical influence
of Christianity with honors content. Gordon Rule course which requires
student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission required. Minimum
grade of C required if used to satisfy Gordon Rule requirement.
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HUM 2232H
HUMANITIES - RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H or IDH 1110. Integrated examination
of dominant ideas in Western culture expressed in art, literature,
music, philosophy and religion. Covers period from Renaissance
through Baroque era, emphasizing synthesis of classical and Christian
elements with honors content. Gordon Rule course which requires
student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission required. Minimum
grade of C required if used to satisfy Gordon Rule requirement.
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HUM 2234H
HUMANITIES - ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTICISM – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H or IDH 1110. Integrated examination
of dominant ideas in Western culture expressed in art, literature,
music, philosophy and religion. Covers period from Enlightenment
through 19th century, emphasizing emergence of rationalism and
modern science and Romantic rebellion with honors content. Gordon
Rule course which requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program
permission required. Minimum grade of C required if used to satisfy
Gordon Rule requirement.
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HUM 2250H
HUMANITIES - TWENTIETH CENTURY – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H or IDH 1110. Integrated examination
of dominant ideas in Western culture expressed in art, literature,
music, philosophy and religion. Covers period from turn of century
to present. Focuses on creative forces which have shaped contemporary
consciousness from pioneering work of Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky
and Wright through dominance of objective consciousness to newly
emerging guiding myths of today with honors content. Gordon Rule
course which requires requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission
required. Minimum grade of C required if used to satisfy Gordon
Rule requirement.
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HUM 2310H
MYTHOLOGY – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H or IDH 1110. Examines world
mythology in comparative perspective, analyzes myths with a variety
of methods, and considers the application of mythological ideas
and symbols in the humanities with honors content. Gordon Rule
course which requires requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission
required. Minimum grade of C required if used to satisfy Gordon
Rule requirement.
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IDH 1110
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN GENERAL EDUCATION I – HONORS
Introduction to process of rational thought and how people have
organized process to define human values and physical universe.
Focuses on Greek contributions to process, compares them to modern
culture and integrates disciplines of physics, mathematics, language,
rhetoric, psychology and humanities. Gordon Rule course which requires
requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission required. Minimum
grade of C required for successful completion and/or to satisfy
Gordon Rule and/or general education requirements. (Equivalent
to non-Gordon Rule humanities course, three hours; and ENC 1101,
Freshman Composition I, three hours.)
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IDH 1111
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN GENERAL EDUCATION II – HONORS
Examination of change in thinking process as result of scientific
revolution of 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Focuses on process
itself and impact this process has on modern culture. Integrates
information from astronomy, physics, mathematics, biology, psychology,
economics, communications and humanities. Gordon Rule course which
requires requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission required.
Minimum grade of C required for successful completion and/or to
satisfy Gordon Rule and/or general education requirements. (Equivalent
to ENC 1102 Freshman Composition II, three hours; and science non-laboratory
course, three hours.)
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IDH 2120
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN GENERAL EDUCATION III – HONORS
Examination of new cosmology which emerged in early 20th century
as result of relativity and quantum theory. Focuses on changing
attitudes toward physical world and its impact on
contemporary human values. Integrates physics, politics, mathematics,
psychology, sociology, communications and humanities. Gordon Rule
course which requires requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission
required. Minimum grade of C required for successful completion
and/or to satisfy Gordon Rule and/or general education requirements.
(Equivalent to Gordon Rule humanities course, three hours; and
social science course, three hours.)
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IDH 2121
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN GENERAL EDUCATION IV – HONORS
Examination of new awareness of universe which resulted from new
astronomical discoveries about "time" and "space" in
past 15 years. Focuses on how discoveries are forcing reexamination
of values in light of present day knowledge. Integrates astronomy,
mathematics, biology, sociology, psychology, politics, communications
and humanities. Gordon Rule course which requires requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission required. Minimum grade of C
required for successful completion and/or to satisfy Gordon Rule
and/or general education requirements. (Equivalent to Gordon Rule
humanities course, three hours; and science, non-laboratory course,
three hours.)
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IDH 1112
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN GENERAL EDUCATION – HONORS
Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H and
admission to the Valencia Honors Program. Introduction to the study
of the humanities, ancient history, and the sciences from Ancient
China to the Fall of Rome. Gordon Rule course which requires requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission required. Minimum grade
of C required for successful completion and/or to satisfy Gordon
Rule and/or general education requirements. (Equivalent to non-Gordon
Rule humanities course, three hours; and Gordon Rule humanities
course, three hours.)
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INR 2002H
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or 1101H or IDH 1110. Discussion of topics
relating to international politics: nationalism, armaments, imperialism,
militarism, history of international politics, foreign policies,
international law and organization, United Nations, human factor
in international politics with honors content. Gordon Rule course
which requires requires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission
required. Minimum grade of
C required if INR 2002 is used to satisfy Gordon Rule and general
education requirements.
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LIT 2090H
CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H or IDH 1110. Representative
works of contemporary poets, novelists, short story writers, dramatists,
and non-fiction writers especially significant in the last thirty
years. Emphasis on issues and ideas related to present and future
with honors content. Gordon Rule course which requiresrequires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments . Honors program permission required. Minimum grade of
C required if LIT 2090 is used to satisfy Gordon Rule and general
education requirements.
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LIT 2120H
SURVEY IN WORLD LITERATURE: ENLIGHTENMENT TO PRESENT – HONORS
Prerequisite: ENC 1101 or ENC 1101H or IDH 1110. Major poetry,
fiction, drama and essays with honors content. Gordon Rule course
which requiresrequires student to demonstrate college-level writing skills through multiple assignments. Honors program permission
required. Minimum grade of C required if LIT 2120 is used to satisfy
Gordon Rule and general education requirements.
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MAC 2311H
CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY I – HONORS
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in MAC 1140 and MAC 1114 or MAC
1147 or MAC 1142 or MAC 1132 or MAC 1104 and MAC 1114 or appropriate
score on an approved assessment. Topics include circle and parabola,
limits and continuity, derivatives of algebraic and trigonometric
forms, applications of derivatives, and definite and indefinite
integral with honors content. Gordon Rule course. Honors program
permission required. Minimum grade of C required if MAC 2311 is
used to satisfy Gordon Rule and general education requirements.
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MAC 2312H
CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II – HONORS
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in MAC 2311. Topics include differentiation
and integration of exponential logarithmic transcendental functions,
techniques of integration, indeterminant forms, conic sections,
and infinite series with honors content. Gordon Rule course. Honors
program permission required. Minimum grade of C required if MAC
2312 is used to satisfy Gordon Rule and general education requirements.
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MAS 2103H
INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR ALGEBRA – HONORS
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in MAC 2311. Designed to prepare
students majoring in engineering, mathematics, natural sciences
or behavioral sciences which require matrix techniques. Includes
matrix algebra, determinants systems of linear equations, eigenvectors,
and special matrices with honors content. Gordon Rule course. Honors
program permission required. Minimum grade of C required if MAS
2103 is used to satisfy Gordon Rule and general education requirements.
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MHF 2300H
LOGIC AND PROOF IN MATHEMATICS – HONORS
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in MAC 1104 or MAC 1105 or appropriate
score on an approved assessment. Topics include basic mathematical
logic, methods of proof in mathematics, application of proof to
elementary mathematical structures with honors content. For prospective
major in mathematics or mathematics education. Gordon Rule course.
Honors program permission required. Minimum grade of C required
if MHF 2300 is used to satisfy Gordon Rule and general education
requirements.
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PCB 1435H
FLORIDA ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS – HONORS
Focuses on Florida ecology. Combination of lecture, lab, field
and computer lab techniques used to study variety of habitats.
Topics include energy flow through food chains, environmental modeling
and general ecology with honors content. Honors program permission
required. Prior exposure to general biology topics recommended.
No prior experience required.
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POS 2041H
U. S. GOVERNMENT – HONORS
Theory, organization, principles and functions of national government,
stressing relationships of individual to all levels of government
in political system with honors content. This course includes learning
activity designed to ensure competence in the basic use of computers.
Honors program permission required.
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PSY 1012H
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY – HONORS
Life-oriented course in psychology, designed to give student factual
foundation in techniques and vocabulary of psychology and general
understanding of human behavior. Surveys, research and application
of psychology in areas of learning, intelligence, motivation, emotion,
personality, behavior disorders, mental health and therapy with
honors content. Honors program permission required.
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SPC 1600H
FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH – HONORS
Principles of oral communication common to speaking and listening.
Emphasis on listening techniques, preparation, and delivery techniques
for extemporaneous speaking with honors content. Honors program
permission required.
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STA 2023H
STATISTICAL METHODS – HONORS
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in MAC 1102 or MAC 1104 or MAC
1105 or satisfactory score on an approved assessment. An introductory
statistics course covering collection, description and interpretation
of data. Topics include sampling, summarizing data graphically
and numerically, probability distributions, confidence interval
estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression with
honors content. Gordon Rule course. Honors program permission required.
Minimum grade of C required if STA 2023 is used to satisfy Gordon
Rule and general education requirements.
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SYG 2000H
INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY – HONORS
Enables student to understand social behavior and social processes
and become familiar with vocabulary and methodology of discipline
of sociology. Emphasis on culture and personality, age and sex
roles, family, deviant behavior, social class and stratification,
group behavior and social change with honors content. Honors program
permission required.
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