HON 101 - Introduction to College Studies (Honors)

3 Credit Hours

The course explores how college education can be an opportunity for profound personal and intellectual growth. Through a combination of readings, class discussion, field trips, and cultural events, students are introduced to the purview of the academic disciplines of Science, Social Science, and Humanities and contributions of outstanding practitioners within and across these disciplines. Further, the course develops students’ critical thinking and research skills, and personal strategies for excelling in college and in life.

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the RACC Honors Program.

Semesters Offered: Fall

HON 101 can be used to fulfill the RACC orientation requirement usually fulfilled by ORI 102. Students who have already taken ORI 102 can also benefit from the course and are eligible to take it.