Curriculum Requirements
Honors College Curricular Options
Students admitted to the Honors College have a number of options for studying the great books. While all Honors College Students will participate in a great books curriculum that will replace the traditional Belmont Abbey College Core Curriculum, there are a number of options of participation that will give provide students with additional great books majors or minors. All of these options may be modified at the discretion of the Honors College Director. It is the student’s responsibility to see that all degree requirements for graduation are fulfilled.
Option One
John Henry Newman Scholars. Students pursuing option one will take a full 122-credit sequence in great books. This is similar to great books colleges which offer no majors. However, students pursuing option one at Belmont Abbey College will receive a “Great Books” major.
Option Two
Great Books Major and Electives Students pursuing option 2 will take 90 designated credits in the great books curriculum of the Honors College and will receive a “Great Books” major. Students pursuing option 2 will have a 30 elective credits to pursue traditional Belmont Abbey College minors or other courses.
Option Three
Great Books Minor and Traditional Belmont Abbey College Major Students pursuing option three will take 75 designated credits in the great books curriculum. This will replace the Belmont Abbey College core curriculum and will give students a “Great Books” minor. Students pursuing option three will also choose a traditional Belmont Abbey College major.
Freshman Year
Fall Semester
| HO100 | A Life Well Lived | 1 |
| HO201 | Homer and Virgil | 3 |
| HO202 | Plato and Aristophanes | 3 |
| Lab Science | |
| LA101 | Elementary Latin I | 3 |
| Or | |
| GK101 | Beginning Ancient Greek I | 3 |
| Elective Fifth Course | |
Option One Additional Courses
Spring Semester
| HO 103 A Life Well Lived II | 3 |
| HO205 | Greek Histories | 3 |
| HO206 | Aristotle's Ethics, Politics and De Anim | 3 |
| HO208 | Euclid | 3 |
| LA102 | Elementary Latin II | 3 |
| Or | |
| GK102 | Beginning Ancient Greek II | 3 |
| Elective Fifth Course | |
Option One Additional Courses
| HO207 | Roman and Persian Thinkers | 3 |
Sophomore Year
Fall Semester
| HO203 | Trivium I | 3 |
| HO301 | Biblical Texts I | 3 |
| HO302 | Augustine and Aquinas | 3 |
| Elective Fourth Course | |
| Elective Fifth Course | |
Option One Additional Courses
| Course in Latin, Greek | |
| Or | |
| HO305 | Honors: Poetic Wisdom | 3 |
Spring Semester
| HO304 | Honors: Trivium II | 3 |
| HO306 | Great Texts in Mod Political Philosophy | 3 |
| HO308 | The American Founding | 3 |
| Elective Fourth Course | |
| Elective Fifth Course | |
Option One Additional Courses
| Course in Latin, Greek | |
| Or | |
| HO310 | Honors: Plato's Republic | 3 |
Junior Year
Fall Semester
| HO311 | Great Texts in Mdrn Polit Philosophy | 3 |
| HO314 | The Quest for Economic Wisdom | 3 |
| HO315 | Poetic Wisdom III | 3 |
| Elective Fourth Course | |
| Elective Fifth Course | |
Option One Additional Courses
| HO312 | Great Text in Phil of Law and Social Sci | 3 |
Spring Semester
| HO317 | Great Texts Modern Christian Thought | 3 |
| HO321 | Textual Analysis II: Dante | 3 |
| HO316 | St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas II | 3 |
| Or | |
| HO318 | Biblical Texts II | 3 |
| Elective Fourth Course | |
| Elective Fifth Course | |
Option One Additional Courses
| HO316 | St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas II | 3 |
Senior Year
Fall Semester
| HO401 | History and the Idea of Progress | 3 |
| HO402 | Science and Technology | 3 |
| Or | |
| HO404 | Senior Thesis | 3 |
| HO403 | Textual Analy: Democracy in America | 3 |
| Elective Fifth Course | |
For the 90-credit track to get a Great Books major:
3 additional Honors courses and HO 404 -Thesis
Students pursuing a Belmont Abbey major in addition to Great Books may complete the thesis in their major department if the option is offered.
Option One Additional Courses
| HO405 | The Drama of Modern Atheism | 3 |
Spring Semester
| HO406 | Modernity the Poet's Version | 3 |
| HO407 | Freedom, Rights, and Virtue | 3 |
| HO408 | Love, Friendship, and Marriage | 3 |
| HO409 | Education and the Fate of Nations | 3 |
Option One Additional Courses
| HO410 | Globalism, Nationalism, Limits of Commer | 3 |